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Exodus 38:4

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He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

Here is an account, I. Of the making of the brazen altar (Exo 38:1-7), and the laver (Exo 38:8). II. The preparing of the hangings for the enclosing of the court in which the tabernacle was to stand (Exo 38:9-20). III. A summary of the gold, silver, and brass, that was contributed to, and used in, the preparing of the tabernacle (Exo 38:21, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, H6213) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, H4196) — an altar נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, H5178) — copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as… מַכְבֵּר (makbêr, H4345) — a grate רֶשֶׁת (resheth, H7568) — a net (as catching animals) מַעֲשֶׂה (maʻăseh, H4639) — an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication,… כַּרְכֹּב (karkôb, H3749) — a rim or top margin מַטָּה (maṭṭâh, H4295) — downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes חֵצִי (chêtsîy, H2677) — the half or middle

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