Topic
Grate; Grating
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 27:4ISBE
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.
- Exodus 27:5ISBE
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
- Exodus 27:7ISBE
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
- Exodus 27:8ISBE
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
- Exodus 38:4ISBE
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
grat, grat'-ing (mikhbar, resheth; the King James Version Grate): This "grating of network of brass" (Ex 27:4; 38:4), called also "the net" (Ex 27:4 f), and "grating of brass" (Ex 38:4), was that reticulated casting or wrought work of bronze which, in the tabernacle system, formed an element of the altar of sacrifice. Its position is well defined: "Thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar" (Ex 27:5; compare Ex 38:4). The altar being a hollow box--"hollow with planks" (Ex 27:8)--3 cubits high, overlaid with brass, and presumably filled with stones, there appears to have been a ledge round about it halfway from the base, from which depended vertically this grating of bronze. On the grating were four rings through which the staves were passed by which the altar was borne (Ex 27:4,7). If the ledge was for the priests to stand on while handling the sacrifices on the altar, the grating need be thought of only as an ornamental support for the ledge. Others ascribe to it different uses.
W. Shaw Caldecott
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.