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and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze, and on the netting you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You shall make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the grid you are to make four bronze rings at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Construct a grate for it of bronze mesh, and make four bronze rings on the mesh at its four corners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Make a grate for it out of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring for [each of] the four corners of the grate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Make a bronze grating and put four bronze carrying rings on its corners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to make a lattice, a netting of bronze for it, and you are to make four bronze rings on the netting at its four corners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You are to make a grating for it, a network of bronze, and you are to make on the network four bronze rings on its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have made a grate of network of bronze for it, and have made four rings of bronze on the net on its four extremities,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And make to it a grate a net work of brass; and make upon the net four four brass rings over its four ends.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />along with a grating of brass in the manner of a net. At its four corners there shall be four rings of brass,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Make for it a grating, a bronze network; make four bronze rings for it, one at each of its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the grating you shall make four rings of brass at its four corners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And make a grate as the work of a network of brass and make four rings of brass over the grate, over its four sides.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt make for it a brazen grate with net-work; and thou shalt make for the grate four brazen rings under the four sides.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/27-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=6786" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/27.htm">The Bronze Altar</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><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.">Construct</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for it</a> <a href="/hebrew/4345.htm" title="4345: miḵ·bār (N-ms) -- A netted cloth, coverlet. From kabar in the sense of covering; a grate.">a grate</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property."></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/7568.htm" title="7568: re·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- A net. From yarash; a net.">mesh,</a> <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.">and make a</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four."></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.">bronze</a> <a href="/hebrew/2885.htm" title="2885: ṭab·bə·‘ōṯ (N-fpc) -- Signet ring, ring, signet. From taba'; properly, a seal, i.e. Signet; hence a ring of any kind.">ring</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">each of the four</a> <a href="/hebrew/7098.htm" title="7098: qə·ṣō·w·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- An end. Feminine of qatseh; a termination.">corners</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/7568.htm" title="7568: hā·re·šeṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A net. From yarash; a net.">the mesh.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Exodus 38:4</a></span><br />He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-3.htm">Exodus 25:3-7</a></span><br />This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze; / blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; / ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/26-31.htm">Exodus 26:31-33</a></span><br />Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. / Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. / And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18</a></span><br />“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/35-5.htm">Exodus 35:5-9</a></span><br />Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze; / blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; / ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/36-38.htm">Exodus 36:38</a></span><br />together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Exodus 39:39</a></span><br />the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-14.htm">Numbers 4:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">1 Kings 7:45</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm">2 Chronicles 4:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Ezekiel 43:13-17</a></span><br />These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar: / The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. / The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-2.htm">Hebrews 9:2-5</a></span><br />A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm">Hebrews 9:23-24</a></span><br />So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. / For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a></span><br />The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a></span><br />For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall make for it a grate of network of brass; and on the net shall you make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.</p><p class="hdg">a grate of network</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Exodus 35:16</a></b></br> The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Exodus 38:4,5</a></b></br> And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it… </p><p class="hdg">rings in the four corners thereof</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/25-12.htm">Exodus 25:12</a></b></br> And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put <i>them</i> in the four corners thereof; and two rings <i>shall be</i> in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/mark/7-4.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Corners</a> <a href="/romans/10-18.htm">Extremities</a> <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Four</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Grate</a> <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Grating</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-26.htm">Net</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-23.htm">Network</a> <a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Net-Work</a> <a href="/exodus/26-24.htm">Ring</a> <a href="/exodus/26-29.htm">Rings</a> <a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/27-6.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/exodus/27-6.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/exodus/28-7.htm">Corners</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">Extremities</a> <a href="/exodus/27-16.htm">Four</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Grate</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Grating</a> <a href="/exodus/27-5.htm">Net</a> <a href="/exodus/27-5.htm">Network</a> <a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Net-Work</a> <a href="/exodus/36-3.htm">Ring</a> <a href="/exodus/27-7.htm">Rings</a> <a href="/exodus/27-7.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">The court of the tabernacle enclosed with hangings and pillars</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/27-18.htm">The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/27-20.htm">The oil for the lamp</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/exodus/27.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Construct for it</b><br />The directive to "construct" indicates a purposeful and intentional act of creation. In the Hebrew, the word used here is "עָשָׂה" (asah), which means to make or do. This word is often used in the context of divine creation, as seen in Genesis. The act of constructing is not merely physical but also spiritual, as it involves obedience to God's specific instructions for worship.<p><b>a grate of bronze mesh</b><br />The "grate" or "network" (Hebrew: "מִכְבָּר" - mikbar) is a significant component of the altar, symbolizing a barrier or filter. Bronze, a durable and resilient metal, represents judgment and endurance. The mesh design allows for the passage of air and heat, facilitating the burning of sacrifices. This symbolizes the refining process of purification and the necessity of judgment in the sacrificial system.<p><b>and make a bronze ring</b><br />The "ring" (Hebrew: "טַבַּעַת" - tabba'at) is a circular object, often symbolizing eternity and completeness. In the context of the altar, these rings serve a practical purpose for transportation, but they also remind us of the eternal nature of God's covenant and the completeness of His provision for atonement.<p><b>at each of the four corners</b><br />The "four corners" (Hebrew: "אַרְבַּע פִּנּוֹת" - arba pinot) of the altar signify universality and completeness. The number four often represents the earth and creation, as seen in the four cardinal directions. This suggests that the altar's purpose and the sacrificial system are intended for all of creation, pointing to the universal scope of God's redemptive plan.<p><b>of the mesh</b><br />The "mesh" (Hebrew: "מִכְבָּר" - mikbar) is reiterated here, emphasizing its importance. The mesh serves as a functional component of the altar, allowing the fire to consume the sacrifices fully. Spiritually, it represents the thoroughness of God's judgment and the necessity for complete purification through sacrifice. The mesh's design ensures that nothing is left unrefined, symbolizing the totality of atonement provided through the sacrificial system.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">A grate of network.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">a grating of network. </span>The position of the grating is doubtful. According to one view, it reached from the middle of the altar to its base, and protected the sides of the altar from the feet of the ministering priests. According to another, it surrounded the upper part of the altar, and was intended to catch any portions of the victims that accidentally fell off. There are no sufficient data to enable us to determine between these views.<p><span class= "bld">Upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings.</span>--The brazen altar, like the ark and the table of shewbread, was to be carried by the priests when the Israelites changed their camping-ground. It therefore required "rings," like them (<a href="/exodus/25-12.htm" title="And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.">Exodus 25:12</a>; <a href="/exodus/25-26.htm" title="And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.">Exodus 25:26</a>). These were, in the case of the altar, to be attached to the network, which must have been of a very solid and substantial character.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt make for it a grate</span>. Rather, "a grating." This was probably a protection for the lower part of the altar, and prevented it from being touched by the feet of the ministrant priests. It was outside the altar, and had the rings attached to it, by which the altar was carried when the Israelites journeyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/27-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Construct</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for it</span><br /><span class="heb">לּוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">a grate</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכְבָּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(miḵ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4345.htm">Strong's 4345: </a> </span><span class="str2">A netted cloth, coverlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of bronze</span><br /><span class="heb">נְחֹ֑שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḥō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> </span><span class="str2">Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mesh,</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(re·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7568.htm">Strong's 7568: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and make a</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bronze</span><br /><span class="heb">נְחֹ֔שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḥō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> </span><span class="str2">Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ring</span><br /><span class="heb">טַבְּעֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṭab·bə·‘ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2885.htm">Strong's 2885: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seal, signet, a ring of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each of the four</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבַּ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">corners</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצוֹתָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣō·w·ṯāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7098.htm">Strong's 7098: </a> </span><span class="str2">A termination </span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mesh.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֶ֗שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·re·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7568.htm">Strong's 7568: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/27-4.htm">OT Law: Exodus 27:4 You shall make a grating for it (Exo. 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