Exodus 27:5 Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.

English Standard Version
And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar.

King James Bible
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Set it below, under the altar's ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

International Standard Version
You are to put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting extends halfway up the altar.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar.

Darby Bible Translation
and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar.

Young's Literal Translation
and hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

27:1-8 In the court before the tabernacle, where the people attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God. It was of wood overlaid with brass. A grate of brass was let into the hollow of the altar, about the middle of which the fire was kept, and the sacrifice burnt. It was made of net-work like a sieve, and hung hollow, that the ashes might fall through. This brazen altar was a type of Christ dying to make atonement for our sins. The wood had been consumed by the fire from heaven, if it had not been secured by the brass: nor could the human nature of Christ have borne the wrath of God, if it had not been supported by Divine power.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. put it under the compass of the altar beneath—that is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Le 4:12).