Verse 1

He made the altar for burnt offerings from acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide, making it square, and three cubits high.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og han laget alteret for brennoffer av akasietre. Alteret var omtrent 2,5 meter langt og 2,5 meter bredt – det var kvadratisk – og 1,5 meter høyt, med en kant som hevet seg rundt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre. Alteret var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt, et kvadrat, og tre alen høyt.

• Norsk King James

  Og han laget alteret for brennoffer av akasietre: det var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt; det var firkantet, og tre alen høyt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre, fem alen langt og fem alen bredt, firkantet og tre alen høyt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre; fem alen lang, fem alen bred, og alteret var firkantet. Det var tre alen høyt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre: det var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt; det var firkantet, og tre alen høyt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han laget alteret for brennoffer av akacietre; det var fem albuer langt og fem albuer bredt, helt kvadratisk, og tre albuer høyt.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre: det var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt; det var firkantet, og tre alen høyt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre. Det var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt, som en firkant, og tre alen høyt.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre; det var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt - firkantet - og tre alen høyt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han gjorde Brændofferets Alter af Sithimtræ, fem Alen langt og fem Alen bredt, fiirkantet, og tre Alen høit.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre. Det var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt, helt firkantet, og tre alen høyt.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And he made the altar of burnt offering out of acacia wood: it was five cubits long and five cubits wide; it was square; and its height was three cubits.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre. Det var firkantet. Det var fem alen langt, fem alen bredt og tre alen høyt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre, fem alen langt, fem alen bredt (kvadratisk), og tre alen høyt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han laget brennofferalteret av akasietre: fem alen var lengden, og fem alen bredden, firkantet; og høyden var tre alen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Brennofferalteret han lagde av hardt tre; et firkantet alter, fem alen langt, fem alen bredt og tre alen høyt,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he made the burntoffryngealter of sethim wodd, fiue cubettes longe ad.v cubettes brode: euen.iiij. square, and.iij. cubettes hye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the altare of burntoffrynges made he of Fyrre tre, fyue cubytes loge & brode, eauen foure squared, & thre cubites hye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he made the burnt offering aulter of Sittim wood: fiue cubites was the length thereof, and fiue cubites the breadth euen foure square, and three cubites hye.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

• World English Bible (2000)

  He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide– it was square– and its height was four feet six inches.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 27:1-8 : 1 You shall make the altar out of acacia wood; it shall be five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 You shall make horns for it on its four corners; the horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots to remove its ashes, along with its shovels, basins, forks, and firepans. All its utensils shall be made of bronze. 4 You shall construct a grating of bronze network. On the four corners of the grating, you shall make four bronze rings. 5 You shall set the grating below the ledge of the altar, from beneath, and the net shall extend halfway up the altar. 6 You shall make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. 7 The poles shall be inserted into the rings, so the poles are on two sides of the altar for carrying it. 8 The altar shall be hollow, made with boards. Just as it was shown to you on the mountain, so it shall be made.
• Exod 40:6 : 6 Set the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
• Exod 40:29 : 29 He set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered a burnt offering and a grain offering on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
• 2 Chr 4:1 : 1 He made a bronze altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
• Ezek 43:13-17 : 13 These are the measurements of the altar in cubits using the long cubit (a cubit and a handbreadth): The gutter, a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. This is the height of the altar. 14 From the gutter at ground level to the bottom ledge, it is two cubits high with a width of one cubit. From the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, it is four cubits high with a width of one cubit. 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, and from the altar hearth, the four horns extend upward. 16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long by twelve cubits wide; it is square at its four sides. 17 The ledge around the altar is fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, square at its four sides, with a rim half a cubit high and a gutter of one cubit all around. Its steps face east.
• John 6:37 : 37 'All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.'
• Rom 8:3-4 : 3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh. 4 This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whom we confess.
• Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
• Heb 13:10 : 10 We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• Rev 21:16 : 16 The city was laid out as a square; its length was as great as its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand stadia. Its length, width, and height were equal.