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You shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/bsb/exodus/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. <a href="/kjv/exodus/27.htm">King James Bible</a> And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/27.htm">New King James Version</a> Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its basins, its forks, and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/nasb/exodus/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/lsb/exodus/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You shall make its pots for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its bowls and its flesh hooks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/amp/exodus/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall make pots to remove its ashes, and shovels, basins [to catch the blood of the sacrificed animal], meat-forks, and firepans [to store live coals]. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/csb/exodus/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/asv/exodus/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. <a href="/cev/exodus/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> All the equipment for the altar must also be made of bronze--the pans for the hot ashes, the shovels, the sprinkling bowls, the meat forks, and the fire pans. <a href="/erv/exodus/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basons, and its fleshhooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. <a href="/gwt/exodus/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Make all the utensils for it out of bronze: pots for taking away the altar's ashes, also shovels, bowls, forks, and incense burners. <a href="/gnt/exodus/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> Make pans for the greasy ashes, and make shovels, bowls, hooks, and fire pans. All this equipment is to be made of bronze. <a href="/isv/exodus/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/msb/exodus/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Make all its utensils of bronze?its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. <a href="/net/exodus/27.htm">NET Bible</a> You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans--you are to make all its utensils of bronze. <a href="/nheb/exodus/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of bronze. <a href="/wbt/exodus/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And thou shalt make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass. <a href="/web/exodus/27.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you have made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels you make of bronze. <a href="/ylt/exodus/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou hast made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels thou dost make of brass. <a href="/slt/exodus/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And make pots for its ashes, and its shovels, and its vessels, and its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: and for all its vessels, thou shalt make brass.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall make, for its uses, pans to receive the ashes, and tongs as well as small hooks, and receptacles for fire. You shall fabricate all of its vessels from brass, <a href="/nabre/exodus/27.htm">New American Bible</a> Make pots for removing the ashes, as well as shovels, basins, forks, and fire pans; all these utensils you shall make of bronze. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you shall make pots for the use thereof; and its cauldrons and its shovels and its fleshhooks and censers, all the vessels thereof you shall make of brass. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And make its pots for its ministry and its cauldrons, and its hanging pots, and its forks, and its censers, and all its implements make of brass.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. <a href="/sep/exodus/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou shalt make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pan, and all its vessels shalt thou make of brass. <a href="/parallel/exodus/27-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=6777" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/27.htm">The Bronze Altar</a> …2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. 3<a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Make</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kê·lāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">its utensils</a> <a href="/hebrew/5178.htm" title="5178: nə·ḥō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. For nchuwshah; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. Coin, a fetter; figuratively, base.">of bronze—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5518.htm" title="5518: sî·rō·ṯāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Or ciyrah; or cirah; from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn; by implication, a hook.">its pots</a> <a href="/hebrew/1878.htm" title="1878: lə·ḏaš·šə·nōw (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to be fat; transitively, to fatten; specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; denominatively to remove ashes.">for removing ashes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3257.htm" title="3257: wə·yā·‘āw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A shovel. From ya'ah; a shovel.">its shovels,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4219.htm" title="4219: ū·miz·rə·qō·ṯāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Bowl, basin. From zaraq; a bowl.">its sprinkling bowls,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4207.htm" title="4207: ū·miz·lə·ḡō·ṯāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A utensil used in offering sacrifices. Or mizlagah; from an unused root meaning to draw up; a fork.">its meat forks,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4289.htm" title="4289: ū·maḥ·tō·ṯāw (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A fireholder, cense. The same as mchittah in the sense of removal; a pan for live coals.">and its firepans.</a> 4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/6-10.htm">Leviticus 6:10-11</a> And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it. / Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place. <a href="/numbers/4-13.htm">Numbers 4:13-14</a> Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it, / and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles. <a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">2 Chronicles 4:16</a> and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. <a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">1 Kings 7:45</a> and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze. <a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Ezekiel 46:20</a> and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.” <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">2 Kings 25:13-14</a> Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. / They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service. <a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm">Jeremiah 52:18-19</a> They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service. / The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver. <a href="/1_chronicles/28-17.htm">1 Chronicles 28:17</a> the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl; <a href="/2_chronicles/24-14.htm">2 Chronicles 24:14</a> When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-18.htm">2 Chronicles 29:18</a> Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils. <a href="/hebrews/9-21.htm">Hebrews 9:21</a> In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship. <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-5</a> Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. / Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. <a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a> containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. <a href="/mark/9-49.htm">Mark 9:49</a> For everyone will be salted with fire. <a href="/luke/1-9.htm">Luke 1:9</a> he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his meat hooks, and his fire pans: all the vessels thereof you shall make of brass.his shovels<a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12</a> And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:<a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">1 Kings 7:40,45</a> And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: … <a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm">2 Chronicles 4:11</a> And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;basons<a href="/exodus/24-6.htm">Exodus 24:6</a> And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.flesh-hooks<a href="/exodus/28-3.htm">Exodus 28:3</a> And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.<a href="/numbers/4-14.htm">Numbers 4:14</a> And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.<a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">1 Samuel 2:13,14</a> And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; … firepans<a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">1 Kings 7:45</a> And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.<a href="/2_kings/25-15.htm">2 Kings 25:15</a> And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.<a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Jeremiah 52:19,20</a> And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/exodus/25-29.htm">Basins</a> <a href="/genesis/40-18.htm">Baskets</a> <a href="/exodus/25-34.htm">Bowls</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">Employ</a> <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/exodus/24-17.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Firepans</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Fire-Pans</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Fire-Trays</a> <a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">Fleshhooks</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">Flesh-Hooks</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">Forks</a> <a href="/exodus/26-37.htm">Hooks</a> <a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">Meat-Hooks</a> <a href="/job/21-24.htm">Pails</a> <a href="/exodus/25-29.htm">Pans</a> <a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/exodus/25-3.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/exodus/23-25.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/genesis/30-32.htm">Removing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm">Shovels</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm">Spades</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">Sprinkling</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/25-39.htm">Utensils</a> <a href="/exodus/25-39.htm">Vessels</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/1-16.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/exodus/37-16.htm">Basins</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Baskets</a> <a href="/exodus/37-16.htm">Bowls</a> <a href="/exodus/27-4.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/exodus/27-6.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-41.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-19.htm">Employ</a> <a href="/exodus/29-13.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Firepans</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Fire-Pans</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Fire-Trays</a> <a href="/exodus/28-42.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Fleshhooks</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Flesh-Hooks</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Forks</a> <a href="/exodus/27-10.htm">Hooks</a> <a href="/exodus/29-31.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Meat-Hooks</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Pails</a> <a href="/exodus/37-16.htm">Pans</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/exodus/28-5.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/exodus/33-23.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-17.htm">Removing</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Shovels</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Spades</a> <a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Sprinkling</a> <a href="/exodus/27-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/27-19.htm">Utensils</a> <a href="/exodus/27-19.htm">Vessels</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 27</div>1. <a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof</a> 9. <a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">The court of the tabernacle enclosed with hangings and pillars</a> 18. <a href="/exodus/27-18.htm">The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass</a> 20. <a href="/exodus/27-20.htm">The oil for the lamp</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the tabernacle, bronze symbolizes judgment and endurance. The use of bronze for the altar's utensils signifies the enduring nature of God's judgment and the need for purification. This metal's presence in the tabernacle contrasts with the gold used in the Holy of Holies, indicating a transition from judgment to divine presence.its pots for removing ashes, The pots were essential for maintaining the altar's cleanliness, symbolizing the removal of sin and impurity. Ashes, the remnants of burnt offerings, represent the consumed sin offering. The act of removing ashes signifies the continual need for cleansing and renewal, pointing to the ultimate cleansing through Christ's sacrifice, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>.its shovels, Shovels were used to handle the ashes and coals, emphasizing the practical aspects of worship and the need for order in the sacrificial system. This reflects the meticulous nature of God's instructions and the importance of obedience in worship practices, as seen throughout the Levitical laws.its sprinkling bowls, Sprinkling bowls were used for the application of blood and other sacrificial elements, symbolizing purification and atonement. The sprinkling of blood is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, foreshadowing the blood of Christ, which purifies believers from sin, as referenced in <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a>.its meat forks, Meat forks were used to handle the sacrificial meat, ensuring that the offerings were properly managed. This highlights the importance of reverence and care in handling holy things. The sacrificial system points to Christ, the ultimate sacrifice, who fulfills the law and the prophets, as noted in <a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>.and its firepans. Firepans were used to carry coals for burning incense, representing the prayers of the people ascending to God. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a>, where the prayers of the saints are symbolized by incense. The firepans' role in worship underscores the connection between sacrifice and prayer, both fulfilled in the intercessory work of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who received the instructions for the Tabernacle from God on Mount Sinai. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who were to construct the Tabernacle as a place of worship during their journey in the wilderness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a> The portable sanctuary where the Israelites worshiped God, and where these bronze utensils were to be used. 4. <a href="/topical/a/altar_of_burnt_offering.htm">Altar of Burnt Offering</a> The specific altar for which these bronze utensils were made, used for sacrifices and offerings to God. 5. <a href="/topical/b/bronze.htm">Bronze</a> A metal symbolizing strength and judgment, used extensively in the construction of the Tabernacle's outer elements.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_bronze.htm">Symbolism of Bronze</a> Bronze, used for the altar and its utensils, symbolizes judgment and endurance. Reflect on how God's judgment is both just and merciful, and how we are called to endure in faith. <a href="/topical/a/attention_to_detail_in_worship.htm">Attention to Detail in Worship</a> God's detailed instructions for the Tabernacle remind us of the importance of reverence and precision in our worship practices. Consider how we can honor God through careful attention to our spiritual disciplines. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_sacrifice.htm">Role of Sacrifice</a> The utensils were used in the sacrificial system, pointing to the necessity of atonement for sin. Reflect on how Christ's sacrifice fulfills this need and how we can live in gratitude for His atonement. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a> The construction and use of the Tabernacle involved the entire community of Israel. Consider how our worship today involves and impacts our faith community. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_service.htm">Preparation for Service</a> Just as the utensils were prepared for specific purposes, we are called to prepare ourselves for service in God's kingdom. Reflect on how you can be ready and equipped for the tasks God has for you.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 27</a> <a href="/q/why_is_the_burnt_altar_important.htm">Why is the altar of burnt offering significant?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_an_altar.htm">What defines an altar?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_israelites_transport_the_altar.htm">Exodus 27:1-8: How could the Israelites feasibly construct and transport such a large bronze-covered acacia wood altar during prolonged desert wanderings?</a> <a href="/q/does_exodus_27_1-8's_altar_fit_other_texts.htm">Exodus 27:1-8: Does the prescribed size and design of the altar align with the volume and frequency of sacrifices mentioned in other biblical texts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) His pans to receive his ashes.--Scuttles, in which the ashes were placed for removal from the sanctuary, are intended. The word translated "to receive his ashes" is a rare one, and implies a mixture with the ashes of unburnt fat.His shovels.--A right rendering. The "shovels" would be used in clearing away the ashes from off the altar.His basons.--Basins were needed to receive the blood of the victims (<a href="/exodus/24-6.htm" title="And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.">Exodus 24:6</a>), which was cast from basins upon the foot of the altar.His fleshhooks.--Implements with three prongs, used for arranging the pieces of the victim upon the altar. The priests' servants sometimes applied them to a different purpose (<a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm" title="And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a meat hook of three teeth in his hand;">1Samuel 2:13</a>).His firepans.--The word here used is elsewhere translated either "snuffdishes," or "censers." Probably vessels employed in carrying embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense (<a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm" title="And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:">Leviticus 16:12</a>) are intended.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - His pans to receive his ashes. Literally, "to cleanse it from fat' - i.e., to receive what remained after burning the victims, which would be ashes mixed with a good deal of fat. His shovels. Those would be used in removing the ashes from the altar, and depositing them in the pans. His basins. Vessels for receiving the blood of the victims and from which it was poured on the altar. Compare <a href="/exodus/24-6.htm">Exodus 24:6</a>. His flesh hooks. So the Septuagint, and our translators again in <a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">1 Samuel 2:13</a>. They would seem by the latter passage to have been three-pronged forks, the proper use of which was, no doubt, to arrange the various pieces, into which the victim was cut, upon the altar. His fire-pans. The word used is generally translated "censers" (<a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12</a>; <a href="/numbers/4-14.htm">Numbers 4:14</a>: 16:6, 17, etc.), but sometimes "snuff-dishes" (<a href="/exodus/25-38.htm">Exodus 25:38</a>; <a href="/exodus/37-23.htm">Exodus 37:23</a>). It here perhaps designates the vessels used for carrying burning embers from the altar of burnt-offering, to the altar of incense on certain occasions (<a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12</a>). Etymologically, it means simply "a receptacle." All the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. Rather, "of bronze." Bronze was the usual material of utensils and implements in Egypt (Birch, Guide to British Museum, pp. 13-21; 28, 29; 35-41; etc.). Copper was scarcely used without the alloy of tin which converts it into bronze; and brass was wholly unknown. A trace of iron is sometimes found in Egyptian bronze <a href="/commentaries/exodus/27-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Make וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every its utensils כֵּלָ֖יו (kê·lāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> Something prepared, any apparatus of bronze— נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (nə·ḥō·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base the pots סִּֽירֹתָיו֙ (sî·rō·ṯāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5518.htm">Strong's 5518: </a> A pot, a thorn, a hook for removing ashes, לְדַשְּׁנ֔וֹ (lə·ḏaš·šə·nōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1878.htm">Strong's 1878: </a> To be fat, to fatten, to anoint, to satisfy, to remove, ashes and the shovels, וְיָעָיו֙ (wə·yā·‘āw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3257.htm">Strong's 3257: </a> A shovel basins, וּמִזְרְקֹתָ֔יו (ū·miz·rə·qō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4219.htm">Strong's 4219: </a> Bowl, basin meat forks, וּמִזְלְגֹתָ֖יו (ū·miz·lə·ḡō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4207.htm">Strong's 4207: </a> A utensil used in offering sacrifices and firepans. וּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יו (ū·maḥ·tō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4289.htm">Strong's 4289: </a> A fireholder, censer, snuff dish <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">OT Law: Exodus 27:3 You shall make its pots to take (Exo. 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