Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou shalt make an altar of sethim-wood: five cubits long and five cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high.

New American Standard Bible

“And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

King James Version

And thou shalt 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.

Holman Bible

“You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide; it must be 4½ feet high.

International Standard Version

"You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubits high.

A Conservative Version

And thou shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad (the altar shall be foursquare), and the height of it shall be three cubits.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

“And you shall make the altar [for burnt offerings] of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Bible in Basic English

And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And make the altar acacia wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; and the altar shall be quadrated: and three cubits its height

King James 2000

And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height of it shall be three cubits.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar will be square, and its height [will be] three cubits.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall make an altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square. And the height of it shall be three cubits.

NET Bible

"You are to make the altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, and its height is to be four feet six inches.

New Heart English Bible

"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.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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.

World English Bible

"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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
an altar
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

of shittim
שׁטּים שׁטּה 
Shittah 
Usage: 28

חמשּׁה חמשׁ 
Chamesh 
Usage: 343

אמּה 
'ammah 
אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245
Usage: 245

ארך 
'orek 
length, long, ever, as long as, high
Usage: 95

and five
חמשּׁה חמשׁ 
Chamesh 
Usage: 343

רחב 
Rochab 
Usage: 101

the altar
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

רבע 
Raba` 
Usage: 12

and the height
קומה 
Qowmah 
Usage: 45

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

References

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Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

The Altar Of Burnt Offering

1 And thou shalt make an altar of sethim-wood: five cubits long and five cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high. 2 And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass.

Cross References

Exodus 38:1-7

And he made the burnt offering altar of sethim-wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad: even four square, and three cubits high.

Exodus 20:24-26

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and thereon offer thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, and thy sheep and thine oxen. And in all places where I shall put the remembrance of my name, thither I will come unto thee and bless thee.

Exodus 24:4

Then Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early and made an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel,

Exodus 40:10

And anoint the altar of the burnt offerings and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar that it may be most holy.

Exodus 40:29

and set the burnt offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness, and offered burnt offerings and meat offerings thereon as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 Samuel 24:18

And Gad came the same day to David and said unto him, "Go up and rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

2 Chronicles 4:1

And he made an altar of brass twenty cubits long and twenty cubits broad and ten cubits high.

Ezekiel 43:13-17

This is the measure of the altar, after the true cubit which is a span longer than another cubit: his bottom in the midst was a cubit long and wide, and the ledge that went round about it, was a span broad. This is the height of the altar:

Hebrews 13:10

We have an altar whereof they may not eat, which serve in the tabernacle.

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