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Exodus 38:5

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 38:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves.
Exodus 38:5 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 38

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.
3And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
4And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves.
6And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.
8And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the grate: Exo 27:4 Exodus 38:6”
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