King James Version
Exodus 27:5 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.”
Exodus 27:5 · KJV
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.
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“beneath”
H4295downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“may be even to”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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