And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
And he made the altar of burnt offering,.... That is, Bezaleel made it, or it was made by his direction, he having the care and oversight of it, wherefore the making of it is ascribed to him, Ch2 1:5…
Barnes' Notes
For Exo 38:1-7 and Exo 38:9-20 see the notes to Exo. 27.
Adam Clarke
The altar of burnt-offering - See Clarke's note on Exo 27:1; and for its horns, pots, shovels, basins, etc., see the meaning of the Hebrew terms explained, Exo 27:3-5 (note).
Bezaleel having finished the gold-work, which, though the richest, yet was ordered to lie most out of sight, in the tabernacle itself, here goes on to prepare the court, which lay open to the view of…
(Exo 27:1-8 a). The altar of burnt offering. In vv.4, 5 there are some changes of order: Exo 27:8 b is not repeated.
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