Exodus 28:16

28:16 It is to be square ¹  when ²  doubled, nine inches ³  long and nine inches wide.

Exodus 30:2

30:2 Its length is to be a foot and a half ⁴  and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, ⁵  with its horns of one piece with it. ⁶ 

Exodus 39:9

39:9 It was square – they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.

Exodus 27:1

The Altar

27:1 “You are to make the ⁷  altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, ⁸  and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, ⁹  and its height is to be ¹⁰  four feet six inches.

Exodus 37:25

The Making of the Altar of Incense

37:25 He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half – a square – and its height was three feet. Its horns were of one piece with it. ¹¹ 

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.

[28:16]  ¹ tn Heb “four.”

[28:16]  ² tn “when” is added for clarification (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 375).

[28:16]  ³ tn The word זֶרֶת (zeret) is half a cubit; it is often translated “span.”

[30:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “a cubit.”

[30:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “two cubits.”

[30:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “its horns from it.”

[27:1]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn The dimensions are five cubits by five cubits by three cubits high.

[27:1]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and three cubits its height.”

[37:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from it were its horns,” meaning that they were made from the same piece.