"And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overla…" — Exodus 27:2

Exodus 27:2 · KJV

“And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.”

— Exodus 27:2

Verse 1

And thou shalt make an altar {of} shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof {shall be} three cubits.

Verse 3

And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make {of} brass.

Exodus 27 — Context

And thou shalt make an altar {of} shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof {shall be} three cubits.

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make {of} brass.

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.

Cross References

Psalms 118:27

God {is} the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, {even} unto the horns of the altar.

Exodus 29:12

And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put {it} upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

Leviticus 4:7

And the priest shall put {some} of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which {is} in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which {is at} the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

1 Kings 1:50

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Leviticus 8:15

And he slew {it}; and Moses took the blood, and put {it} upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

1 Kings 8:64

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that {was} before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that {was} before the LORD {was} too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

Leviticus 4:25

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put {it} upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

Hebrews 6:18

That by two immutable things, in which {it was} impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: