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Exodus 30:2
Exodus 30:2 is verse 2 of Exodus chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
The altar was approximately 1.5 feet in length and width, and 3 feet high (45.7 centimeters in length and width, and 91.4 centimeters high).
King James 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 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.
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
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Exodus 30:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
2 It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
3 Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
4 And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 27:2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.