Exo 27:1-2 | ESV | STEP | You shall make the altar of acacia wood , five cubits long and five cubits broad . The altar shall be square , and its height shall be three cubits .

aFor ver. 1-8, see ch. 38:1-7; [Ezek. 43:13]

c ch. 29:12; 30:2; [Lev. 4:7, 30; 1 Kgs. 1:50; Ps. 118:27]

Exodus 27:1-2

The Bronze Altar

1 “You shall make the ^aaltar of acacia wood, five cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make ^chorns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and ^dyou shall overlay it with bronze.