King James Version
Exodus 38:4 in the King James Version says “And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.”
Exodus 38:4 · KJV
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
KJV Study — Public Domain
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“a brasen”
H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“thereof beneath”
H4295downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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