Bible Strands
Exodus 38:3
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses records the artisans' completion of the bronze altar's fittings during the wilderness tabernacle construction.
The words — כְּלֵי (ke.Lei) = articles or utensils; מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.Be.ach) = altar.
The thread — Exodus 27:3 commands these exact bronze fittings, and 1 Samuel 2:13 later references the priestly service that utilizes them.
Why it lands — The text explicitly lists five bronze altar utensils before any ritual application, demanding precise attention to the material specifications of sacred worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 2:13 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling