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Exodus 38:1

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Making the Altar of Burnt Offering

38zHe made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits1 was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.

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Footnotes

  1. 1A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

Cross references

  1. zFor ver. 1–7, see ch. 27:1–8

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide, and was 4½ feet high.

NLTNew Living Translation

Next Bezalel used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7½ feet wide, 7½ feet long, and 4½ feet high.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he made the burnt-offering altar of acacia wood; its length was five cubits, and its width was five cubits—it was square—and its height was three cubits.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.