Exodus 27:8
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Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount.

as it was shewed Heb.

Exodus 25:9,40 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it: . . .

Exodus 26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the pattern that was shewn thee in the mount.

1 Chronicles 28:11,19 And David gave to Solomon his son a description of the porch, and of the temple, and of the treasures, and of the upper floor, and of the inner chambers, and of the house for the mercy seat, . . .

Matthew 15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

Colossians 2:20-23 If then you be dead with Christ from the elements of this world, why do you yet decree as though living in the world? . . .

Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount.

Context
The Bronze Altar
7And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it. 8Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount.
Cross References
Acts 7:44
The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen.

Hebrews 8:5
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount.

Exodus 25:40
Look, and make it according to the pattern that was shewn thee in the mount.

Exodus 26:30
And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the pattern that was shewn thee in the mount.

Lexicon
Construct
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

the altar
אֹת֑וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

with boards
לֻחֹ֖ת (lu·ḥōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal

so that it is hollow.
נְב֥וּב (nə·ḇūḇ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5014: To pierce, to be hollow, foolish

It is to be made
יַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ (ya·‘ă·śū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

just as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you were shown
הֶרְאָ֥ה (her·’āh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

on the mountain.
בָּהָ֖ר (bā·hār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country


Additional Translations
Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.Hollow with boards shall you make it: as it was showed you in the mount, so shall they make it.

Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

Thou shalt make it hollow with boards: according to what was shewed thee in the mount, so thou shalt make it.

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain, so shall they make [it].

Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shown thee on the mount, so shall they make it.

You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.

Hollow with boards thou dost make it, as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so do they make it.
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