Exodus 27:5

27:5 You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come ¹  halfway up the altar. ² 

Exodus 38:7

38:7 He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar ³  hollow, out of boards.

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¹ tn The verb is the verb “to be,” here the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It is “and it will be” or “that it may be,” or here “that it may come” halfway up.

² tn Heb “to the half of the altar.”

³ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the altar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.