And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
- BSB Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
- NKJV You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
- NASB You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze, and on the netting you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
- NLT Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.
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Quick answer
A bronze grating (network) was made for the altar, with four bronze rings at its corners. This grate and its rings served the altar's function and transport.
Overview
The bronze grating fitted to the altar, with rings to carry the poles, was part of its practical design for burning offerings and being moved. Such details show the altar was built for both service and portability as Israel journeyed. Every feature served the central work of sacrifice that stood at the heart of approaching God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 38:4–5And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
- Exod 35:16The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
- Exod 25:12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
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