Exodus 37:25

And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	וַיַּ֛עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
incense	הַקְּטֹ֖רֶת ha.ke.To.ret	H7004	a fumigation · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
altar	מִזְבַּ֥ח miz.Bach	H4196	an altar · noun, common masculine singular construct
shittim	שִׁטִּ֑ים shi.Tim	H7848	the acacia (from its scourging thorns) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
wood	עֲצֵ֣י 'a.Tzei	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
length	אָרְכּוֹ֩ 'a.re.Ko	H753	length · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
cubit	אַמָּ֣ה 'a.Mah	H520	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
breadth	רָחְבּ֜וֹ ra.che.Bo	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
cubit	וְאַמָּ֨ה ve.'a.Mah	H520	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
foursquare	רָב֗וּעַ ra.Vu.a'	H7251	to be quadrate · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
cubits	וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙ ve.'a.ma.Ta.yim	H520	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual absolute
height	קֹֽמָת֔וֹ ko.ma.To	H6967	height · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
horns	קַרְנֹתָֽיו kar.no.Tav	H7161	a horn (as projecting) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Exodus 30:1-5 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus…
Revelation 8:3-4 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it wi…
Exodus 40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:26-27 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple o…
Matthew 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 37:25–end

Here is, 1. The making of the golden altar, on which incense was to be burnt daily, which signified both the prayers of saints and the intercession of Christ, to which are owing the acceptableness and success of those prayers. The rings and staves, and all the appurtenances of this altar, were overlaid with gold, as all the vessels of the table and candlestick were of gold, for these were used in the holy place. God is the best, and we must serve him with the best we have; but the best we can serve him with in his courts on earth is but as brass, compared with the gold, the sinless and spotless perfection, with which his saints shall serve him in his holy place above. 2. The preparing of the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 37:17

he made the candlestick of pure gold--Practical readers will be apt to say, "Why do such works with the hammer, when they could have been cast so much easier--a process they were well acquainted with?" The only answer that can be given is, that it was done according to order. We have no doubt but there were reasons for so distinctive an order, something significant, which has not been revealed to us [NAPIER]. The whole of that sacred building was arranged with a view to inculcate through every part of its apparatus the great fundamental principles of revelation. Every object was symbolical of important truth--every piece of furniture was made the hieroglyphic of a doctrine or a duty--on the…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 37:25

He made the incense altar - See this described Exo 30:1 (note).

John Gill on Exodus 37:1

And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood,.... Jarchi says, because he gave his mind to this work more than the rest of the wise men, it is called by his name. It is a notion of some Jewish writers that the ark was made by Bezaleel, without the help of others; but there is no sufficient reason to be given for it; for other things are equally ascribed to him in this and the following chapter, as the mercy seat with the cherubim, the shewbread table, the candlestick of pure gold, the two altars, the laver of brass, with other things, which are only said to be made by him, because they were made by his direction, and he having the oversight of them while making; wherefore Aben Ezra observes, th…

Dictionary and topics

Altar — (Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places…
Handicraft — (Acts 18:3; 19:25; Revelation 18:22) A trade was taught to ail the Jewish boys as a necessary part of their education. Even the greatest rabbis maintained themselves by trades (Delitzsch). Says Rabbi…
Holy place — One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it…
Altar Of Incense · Dimensions, &c of — Dimensions, &c of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 37:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 37:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 37:17

Adam Clarke on Exodus 37:25

John Gill on Exodus 37:1

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 37:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 37:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 37:17

Adam Clarke on Exodus 37:25

John Gill on Exodus 37:1

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 37:1–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 37:1-29

Rashi on Exodus 37:1