^27:1“You are to make the¹ altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long,² and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square,³ and its height is to be⁴ four feet six inches.

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Footnotes

1 The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made.
2 The dimensions are five cubits by five cubits by three cubits high.
3 Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, ).
4 Heb “and three cubits its height.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

CSBChristian Standard 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Using acacia wood, construct a square altar 7½ feet wide, 7½ feet long, and 4½ feet high.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.

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