Exodus 30:2
New International Version
It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high —its horns of one piece with it.

New Living Translation
Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.

English Standard Version
A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

Berean Standard Bible
It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

King James Bible
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

New King James Version
A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

New American Standard Bible
Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

NASB 1995
“Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

NASB 1977
“Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of the same piece.

Amplified Bible
It shall be a cubit long and a cubit wide. It shall be square and it shall be two cubits high. Its horns of one piece with it.

Christian Standard Bible
It must be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it must be thirty-six inches high. Its horns must be of one piece with it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it must be 36 inches high. Its horns must be of one piece.

American Standard Version
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A cubit its length, a cubit its width; it shall be square, and its height two cubits; its horns shall be part of it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.

Contemporary English Version
Make it 45 centimeters square and 90 centimeters high, and make each of its four corners stick up like the horn of a bull.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, foursquare, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same.

English Revised Version
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high. The horns and altar must be made out of one piece [of wood].

Good News Translation
It is to be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide, and it is to be 36 inches high. Its projections at the four corners are to form one piece with it.

International Standard Version
It is to be a square, one cubit long and one cubit wide, and it is to be two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

Literal Standard Version
a cubit its length and a cubit its breadth (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns [are] of the same.

Majority Standard Bible
It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

New American Bible
with a square surface, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high, with horns that are of one piece with it.

NET Bible
Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it.

New Revised Standard Version
It shall be one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it shall be square, and shall be two cubits high; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

New Heart English Bible
Its length shall be a twenty-one inches, and its breadth twenty-one inches. It shall be square, and its height shall be three feet five inches.

Webster's Bible Translation
A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be its hight: its horns shall be of the same.

World English Bible
Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

Young's Literal Translation
a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns are of the same.

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Context
The Altar of Incense
1“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense. 2It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece. 3Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.…

Cross References
Revelation 9:13
Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

Exodus 29:12
Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Exodus 30:1
"You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

Exodus 30:3
Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.


Treasury of Scripture

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

the horns

Exodus 27:2
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.

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1. The altar of incense
11. The ransom of souls
17. The bronze basin
22. The holy anointing oil
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(2) Foursquare shall it be.--Of the same shape with "the brazen altar" (Exodus 27:1), but much smaller--two cubits high instead of three cubits, and a cubit square at top instead of five cubits. This small space was ample for the burning of so precious a material, which could only be offered in small quantities.

The horns thereof.--Comp. Exodus 27:2, and Note 1, ad loc.

Shall be of the same--i.e., of one piece with the altar, not made separately, and then attached to it.

Verse 2. - Four square shall it be. Like the altar of burnt-offering. See the comment on Exodus 27:1. Two cubits shall be the height thereof. Altars of this small size are often represented on ancient vases and other remains. (See Dr. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 117 and 1174.) The horns thereof. It seems to be assumed that an altar must have horns. Those of the altar of incense were to have the blood of certain sin-offerings smeared upon them (Leviticus 4:7, 18). Shall be of the same - i.e. "shall be of one piece with the top of the table" - not projections added to it. Compare Exodus 27:2.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
It is to be
יִהְיֶ֔ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

square,
רָב֣וּעַ (rā·ḇū·a‘)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 7251: To be quadrate

a cubit
אַמָּ֨ה (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

long,
אָרְכּ֜וֹ (’ā·rə·kōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 753: Length

a cubit
וְאַמָּ֤ה (wə·’am·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

wide,
רָחְבּוֹ֙ (rā·ḥə·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7341: Breadth, width

and two cubits
וְאַמָּתַ֖יִם (wə·’am·mā·ṯa·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fd
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

high.
קֹמָת֑וֹ (qō·mā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6967: Height

Its horns
קַרְנֹתָֽיו׃ (qar·nō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

must be of one piece.
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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