Exodus 27:4
New International Version
Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network.

New Living Translation
Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.

English Standard Version
You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Berean Standard Bible
Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
“You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

NASB 1977
“And you shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Amplified Bible
Also make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the grid you are to make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Christian Standard Bible
Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Make a grate for it out of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring for [each of] the four corners of the grate.

Good News Translation
Make a bronze grating and put four bronze carrying rings on its corners.

International Standard Version
You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners.

Majority Standard Bible
Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

NET Bible
You are to make a grating for it, a network of bronze, and you are to make on the network four bronze rings on its four corners.

New Heart English Bible
You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in its four corners.

World English Bible
You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have made a grate of network of bronze for it, and have made four rings of bronze on the net on its four extremities,

Young's Literal Translation
'And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,

Smith's Literal Translation
And make to it a grate a net work of brass; and make upon the net four four brass rings over its four ends.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass,

Catholic Public Domain Version
along with a grating of brass in the manner of a net. At its four corners there shall be four rings of brass,

New American Bible
Make for it a grating, a bronze network; make four bronze rings for it, one at each of its four corners.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the grating you shall make four rings of brass at its four corners.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And make a grate as the work of a network of brass and make four rings of brass over the grate, over its four sides.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt make for it a brazen grate with net-work; and thou shalt make for the grate four brazen rings under the four sides.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Bronze Altar
3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. 4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh. 5Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.…

Cross References
Exodus 38:4
He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

Exodus 25:3-7
This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; / blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; / ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood; ...

Exodus 26:31-33
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. / Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. / And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 30:18
“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

Exodus 35:5-9
Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze; / blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; / ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood; ...

Exodus 36:38
together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

Exodus 39:39
the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

Numbers 4:14
and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.

1 Kings 7:45
and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

2 Chronicles 4:16
and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

Ezekiel 43:13-17
These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar: / The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. / The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth. ...

Hebrews 9:2-5
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, / containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. ...

Hebrews 9:23-24
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. / For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 10:1
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall make for it a grate of network of brass; and on the net shall you make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

a grate of network

Exodus 35:16
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Exodus 38:4,5
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it…

rings in the four corners thereof

Exodus 25:12
And 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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Exodus 27
1. The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof
9. The court of the tabernacle enclosed with hangings and pillars
18. The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass
20. The oil for the lamp














Construct for it
The directive to "construct" indicates a purposeful and intentional act of creation. In the Hebrew, the word used here is "עָשָׂה" (asah), which means to make or do. This word is often used in the context of divine creation, as seen in Genesis. The act of constructing is not merely physical but also spiritual, as it involves obedience to God's specific instructions for worship.

a grate of bronze mesh
The "grate" or "network" (Hebrew: "מִכְבָּר" - mikbar) is a significant component of the altar, symbolizing a barrier or filter. Bronze, a durable and resilient metal, represents judgment and endurance. The mesh design allows for the passage of air and heat, facilitating the burning of sacrifices. This symbolizes the refining process of purification and the necessity of judgment in the sacrificial system.

and make a bronze ring
The "ring" (Hebrew: "טַבַּעַת" - tabba'at) is a circular object, often symbolizing eternity and completeness. In the context of the altar, these rings serve a practical purpose for transportation, but they also remind us of the eternal nature of God's covenant and the completeness of His provision for atonement.

at each of the four corners
The "four corners" (Hebrew: "אַרְבַּע פִּנּוֹת" - arba pinot) of the altar signify universality and completeness. The number four often represents the earth and creation, as seen in the four cardinal directions. This suggests that the altar's purpose and the sacrificial system are intended for all of creation, pointing to the universal scope of God's redemptive plan.

of the mesh
The "mesh" (Hebrew: "מִכְבָּר" - mikbar) is reiterated here, emphasizing its importance. The mesh serves as a functional component of the altar, allowing the fire to consume the sacrifices fully. Spiritually, it represents the thoroughness of God's judgment and the necessity for complete purification through sacrifice. The mesh's design ensures that nothing is left unrefined, symbolizing the totality of atonement provided through the sacrificial system.

(4) A grate of network.--Rather, a grating of network. The position of the grating is doubtful. According to one view, it reached from the middle of the altar to its base, and protected the sides of the altar from the feet of the ministering priests. According to another, it surrounded the upper part of the altar, and was intended to catch any portions of the victims that accidentally fell off. There are no sufficient data to enable us to determine between these views.

Upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings.--The brazen altar, like the ark and the table of shewbread, was to be carried by the priests when the Israelites changed their camping-ground. It therefore required "rings," like them (Exodus 25:12; Exodus 25:26). These were, in the case of the altar, to be attached to the network, which must have been of a very solid and substantial character.

Verse 4. - Thou shalt make for it a grate. Rather, "a grating." This was probably a protection for the lower part of the altar, and prevented it from being touched by the feet of the ministrant priests. It was outside the altar, and had the rings attached to it, by which the altar was carried when the Israelites journeyed.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Construct
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for it
לּוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

a grate
מִכְבָּ֔ר (miḵ·bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4345: A netted cloth, coverlet

of bronze
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

mesh,
רֶ֣שֶׁת (re·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7568: A net

and make a
וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

bronze
נְחֹ֔שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

ring
טַבְּעֹ֣ת (ṭab·bə·‘ōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 2885: A seal, signet, a ring of any kind

at
עַ֖ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

each of the four
אַרְבַּ֥ע (’ar·ba‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 702: Four

corners
קְצוֹתָֽיו׃ (qə·ṣō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7098: A termination

of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mesh.
הָרֶ֗שֶׁת (hā·re·šeṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7568: A net


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