Exodus 27:1

The Altar

27:1 “You are to make the ¹  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 be ⁴  four feet six inches.

Exodus 38:1

The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering

38:1 He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide – it was square – and its height was four feet six inches.

Exodus 38:26

38:26 one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, ⁵  according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, ⁶  603,550 in all. ⁷ 

[27:1]  ¹ tn The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made.

[27:1]  ² tn The dimensions are five cubits by five cubits by three cubits high.

[27:1]  ³ tn Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, 291).

[27:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and three cubits its height.”

[38:26]  ⁵ sn The weight would be about half an ounce.

[38:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “upward.”

[38:26]  ⁷ tn The phrase “in all” has been supplied.