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

the altar.

21 inches, it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height.

Exodus 27:1-8 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. . . .

Exodus 40:6,29 And before it the altar of holocaust. . . .

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. . . .

Romans 8:3,4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and of sin, hath condemned sin in the flesh. . . .

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.

Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus:

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

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

1 Peter 2:5 Be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today: and the same for ever.

Revelation 21:16 And the city lieth in a four-square: and the length thereof is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal.

Context
The Altar of Burnt Offering
1He made also the altar of holocaust of setim wood, five cubits square, and three in height:2The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.…
Cross References
Exodus 25:5
And rams' skins dyed red, and violet skins, and setim wood:

Exodus 27:1
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.

Exodus 31:9
And of holocaust, and all their vessels, the laver with its foot,

Exodus 38:2
The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.

2 Chronicles 1:5
And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and all the assembly sought it:

Lexicon
Bezalel constructed
וַיַּ֛עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

the altar
מִזְבַּ֥ח (miz·baḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

of burnt offering
הָעֹלָ֖ה (hā·‘ō·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5930: Whole burnt offering

from 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

It was square,
רָב֔וּעַ (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,
אָרְכּ֜וֹ (’ā·rə·kōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 753: Length

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

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

wide,
רָחְבּוֹ֙ (rā·ḥə·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person 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
Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core.

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.

And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length of it, and five cubits the breadth of it; it was foursquare; and its hight was three cubits.

He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;
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