Exodus 27:1
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Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long, and as many broad, that is four square, and three cubits high.

altar of shittim wood

Exodus 20:24-26 You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee. . . .

Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning, he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 38:1-7 He made also the altar of holocaust of setim wood, five cubits square, and three in height: . . .

Exodus 40:10,29 The altar of holocaust and all its vessels: . . .

2 Samuel 24:18 And Gad came to David that day, and said: Go up, and build an altar to the Lord in the thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 4:1 He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.

Ezekiel 43:13-17 And these are the measures of the altar by the truest cubit, which is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom thereof was a cubit, and the breadth a cubit: and the border thereof unto its edge, and round about, one handbreadth: and this was the trench of the altar. . . .

Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle.

Context
The Bronze Altar
1Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long, and as many broad, that is four square, and three cubits high.2And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:24
You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee.

Exodus 35:16
The altar of holocaust, and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels thereof: the laver and its foot:

Exodus 38:1
He made also the altar of holocaust of setim wood, five cubits square, and three in height:

Numbers 3:31
And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

Numbers 4:13
They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth,

2 Kings 16:14
But the altar of brass that was before the Lord, he removed from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord: and he set it at the side of the altar towards the north.

1 Chronicles 6:49
But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

2 Chronicles 4:1
He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.

Ezra 3:2
And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel that they might offer holocausts upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezekiel 43:13
And these are the measures of the altar by the truest cubit, which is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom thereof was a cubit, and the breadth a cubit: and the border thereof unto its edge, and round about, one handbreadth: and this was the trench of the altar.

Ezekiel 43:16
And the Ariel was twelve cubits long, and twelve cubits broad, foursquare, with equal sides.

Lexicon
You are to build
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

an altar
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

of acacia
שִׁטִּ֑ים (šiṭ·ṭîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7848: Acacia (a tree and a wood)

wood.
עֲצֵ֣י (‘ă·ṣê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

The altar
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

must be
יִהְיֶה֙ (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

square,
רָב֤וּעַ (rā·ḇū·a‘)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7251: To be quadrate

five
חָמֵשׁ֩ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits
אַמּ֨וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

long,
אֹ֜רֶךְ (’ō·reḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 753: Length

five
וְחָמֵ֧שׁ (wə·ḥā·mêš)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

wide,
רֹ֗חַב (rō·ḥaḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width

and three
וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ (wə·šā·lōš)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

cubits
אַמּ֖וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

high.
קֹמָתֽוֹ׃ (qō·mā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6967: Height


Additional Translations
You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.

And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.

And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its hight shall be three cubits.

"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.

'And thou hast made the altar of shittim wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth -- the altar is square -- and three cubits its height.
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