Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 27

45 catchwords204 parallels

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Exodus 27 . 1 , The altar of burnt offering , with the vessels thereof; Exodus 27 . 9 , The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars; Exodus 27 . 18 , The measure of the court , and the furniture of brass; Exodus 27 . 20 , The oil for the lamp.

Exodus 27:1

"You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Exodus 27:1 · BSB

altar of shittim wood9 parallels

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Exodus 27:2

Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 27:2 · BSB

horns of it upon the four corners thereof10 parallels

The horns might have been designed not only for ornament , but to prevent the sacrifices from falling off , and to tie the victim to , previous to its being sacrificed

overlay it with brass3 parallels

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Exodus 27:3

Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

Exodus 27:3 · BSB

his shovels5 parallels

basins1 parallel

fleshhooks6 parallels

firepans4 parallels

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Exodus 27:4

Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

Exodus 27:4 · BSB

a grate of network3 parallels

rings in the four corners thereof1 parallel

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Exodus 27:5

Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

Exodus 27:5 · BSB

compass of the altar1 parallel

Exodus 27:6

Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

Exodus 27:6 · BSB

staves for the altar3 parallels

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Exodus 27:7

The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

Exodus 27:7 · BSB

bear it4 parallels

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Exodus 27:8

Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

Exodus 27:8 · BSB

as it was showed8 parallels

Heb. he shewed

Exodus 27:9

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

Exodus 27:9 · BSB

the court19 parallels

hangings for3 parallels

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Exodus 27:10

with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

Exodus 27:10 · BSB

sockets shall be of brass1 parallel

fillets shall be of silver2 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Exodus 27:11

Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

Exodus 27:11 · BSB

Reciprocal1 parallel

Exodus 27:12

The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

Exodus 27:12 · BSB

Reciprocal1 parallel

Exodus 27:14

Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

Exodus 27:14 · BSB

hangings of one side2 parallels

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Exodus 27:16

The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

Exodus 27:16 · BSB

of blue2 parallels

needlework5 parallels

Exodus 27:17

All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

Exodus 27:17 · BSB

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Exodus 27:18

The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

Exodus 27:18 · BSB

length of the court1 parallel

fifty every where Heb. fifty by fifty

Exodus 27:19

All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

Exodus 27:19 · BSB

all the pins thereof12 parallels

Exodus 27:20

And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Exodus 27:20 · BSB

pure oil olive beaten6 parallels

That is , such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives , after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press

for the light1 parallel

to cause the lamp2 parallels

Josephus says , that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished , and three burned the whole of the day. Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from

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to burn Heb. to ascend up

Exodus 27:21

In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

Exodus 27:21 · BSB

the tabernacle of the congregation4 parallels

without the veil2 parallels

testimony3 parallels

Aaron10 parallels

evening4 parallels

a statute for ever9 parallels

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 7:44 → Exodus 27:21
Trajectories
Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice), Golden Lampstand (Christ the Light), Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice), Tabernacle (God Dwelling Among His People)
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