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The Bronze Altar

Exodus 27:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
KJV
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
WEB
You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
ASV
And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
LSV
and have put it under the rim of the altar beneath, and the net has been up to the middle of the altar.
YLT
and hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar.
DBY
and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar.
DRC
Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar.
GNV
And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.
JPS
And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
LXXE
And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְנָתַתָּ֣ה אֹתָ֗הּ תַּ֛חַת כַּרְכֹּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ מִלְּמָ֑טָּה וְהָיְתָ֣ה הָרֶ֔שֶׁת עַ֖ד חֲצִ֥י הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὑποθήσεις αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν ἐσχάραν τοῦ θυσιαστήριου κάτωθεν· ἔσται δὲ ἡ ἐσχάρα ἕως τοῦ ἡμίσους τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

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

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