Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. New Living Translation Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze. English Standard Version And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. Berean Standard Bible Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. King James Bible And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. New King James Version You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze. New American Standard Bible You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. NASB 1995 “You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. NASB 1977 “And you shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. Legacy Standard Bible You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of the same piece, and you shall overlay it with bronze. Amplified Bible Make horns (horn-shaped projections) for it on its four corners; the horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. Christian Standard Bible Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. Holman Christian Standard Bible Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze. American Standard Version And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. Contemporary English Version and make each of the four top corners stick up like the horn of a bull. Then cover the whole altar with bronze, including the four horns. English Revised Version And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. GOD'S WORD® Translation Make a horn at each of its four corners. The four horns and the altar must be made out of one piece [of wood] covered with bronze. Good News Translation Make projections at the top of the four corners. They are to form one piece with the altar, and the whole is to be covered with bronze. International Standard Version You are to make horns on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. Majority Standard Bible Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. NET Bible You are to make its four horns on its four corners; its horns will be part of it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. New Heart English Bible You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with bronze. Webster's Bible Translation And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: its horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. World English Bible You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and you have overlaid it [with] bronze. Young's Literal Translation And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it with brass. Smith's Literal Translation And make horns upon its four faces: its horns shall be from it: and spread over it brass. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass. Catholic Public Domain Version Now there shall be horns at the four corners of it, and you shall cover it with brass. New American Bible At the four corners make horns that are of one piece with the altar. You shall then plate it with bronze. New Revised Standard Version You shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you shall make the horns of it on the four corners thereof; its horns shall be of the same; and you shall overlay it with brass. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And make its horns; its horns will be on the four corners of it, and overlay it with brass. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it; and thou shalt overlay it with brass. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and thou shalt overlay them with brass. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Bronze Altar1“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. 2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. 3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.… Cross References Exodus 30:3 Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it. Exodus 38:2 He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze. 1 Kings 7:45 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. 2 Chronicles 4:16 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. Numbers 16:38-39 As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.” / So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, Leviticus 16:12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil. 2 Kings 16:14 He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar. Ezekiel 43:13-17 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. ... Hebrews 9:4 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. Revelation 8:3-5 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. / Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. Revelation 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God Revelation 11:1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. Revelation 14:18 Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.” Revelation 16:7 And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.” Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. Treasury of Scripture And you shall make the horns of it on the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and you shall overlay it with brass. Exodus 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. Leviticus 4:7,18,25 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation… Leviticus 8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. overlay it was brass Numbers 16:38,39 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel… 1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. Jump to Previous Altar Angles Brass Bronze Copper Corners Four Horn Horns Itself Overlay Piece Plating ThereofJump to Next Altar Angles Brass Bronze Copper Corners Four Horn Horns Itself Overlay Piece Plating ThereofExodus 27 1. The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof9. The court of the tabernacle enclosed with hangings and pillars 18. The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass 20. The oil for the lamp And make a horn The Hebrew word for "horn" is "קֶרֶן" (qeren), which often symbolizes strength and power in biblical literature. In the context of the altar, the horns represent the power and authority of God. They were not merely decorative but served a functional purpose in sacrificial rituals, symbolizing the atonement and mercy available through the sacrifices offered upon the altar. The horns of the altar were also places of refuge, as seen in other biblical narratives, where individuals sought asylum by grasping them. at each of the four corners so that the horns are of one piece with the altar and overlay it with bronze Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Makeוְעָשִׂ֣יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make a horn קַרְנֹתָ֗יו (qar·nō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power on each of עַ֚ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against its four אַרְבַּ֣ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four corners, פִּנֹּתָ֔יו (pin·nō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain so that the horns קַרְנֹתָ֑יו (qar·nō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power are תִּהְיֶ֣יןָ (tih·ye·nā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be of one piece, מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of and overlay וְצִפִּיתָ֥ (wə·ṣip·pî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6823: To lay out, lay over it with bronze. נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (nə·ḥō·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base Links Exodus 27:2 NIVExodus 27:2 NLT Exodus 27:2 ESV Exodus 27:2 NASB Exodus 27:2 KJV Exodus 27:2 BibleApps.com Exodus 27:2 Biblia Paralela Exodus 27:2 Chinese Bible Exodus 27:2 French Bible Exodus 27:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 27:2 You shall make its horns on its (Exo. 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