Exodus 27:1

The Altar

27:1 “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.

Exodus 38:1

The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering

38:1 He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide – it was square – and its height was four feet six inches.


tn The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made.

tn The dimensions are five cubits by five cubits by three cubits high.

tn Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, 291).

tn Heb “and three cubits its height.”