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Exd 38:1 — And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

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the altar	This altar consisted of four boards of shittim (acacia) wood, covered with brass, and hollow in the middle; but it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used, for it is expressly said (Exd 20:24) that the altar is to be of earth. As it was five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, if the cubit be reckoned at 21 inches, it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height. Exd 27:1-8; Exd 40:6,29; 2Ch 4:1; Eze 43:13-17; Rom 8:3,4; Rom 12:1; Hbr 3:1; Hbr 9:14; Hbr 13:10; 1Pe 2:5
foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof	Eze 43:16; Jhn 6:37; Hbr 13:8; Rev 21:16