Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
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- WEB Then he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- BSB He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- NKJV Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
- NASB Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.
- NLT Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
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Solomon makes a great bronze altar, twenty cubits square and ten high. A massive altar is provided for sacrifice.
Overview
The huge bronze altar in the temple court was the place for the burnt offerings central to Israel's worship. Its scale matched the grandeur of the temple and the volume of sacrifice. This altar of continual offering points forward to Christ, the final sacrifice who fulfills all the offerings it bore.
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- 1 Kgs 8:64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
- Ezek 43:13–17And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
- 2 Kgs 16:14–15And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
- 1 Kgs 9:25And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
- 1 Kgs 8:22And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
- Exod 27:1–8And 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.
- 2 Chr 1:5Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
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