---
title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Exodus 27"
description: "Overview  Exodus 27:1, The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof; Exodus 27:9, The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars"
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---

**Overview**
**** [Exodus 27:1](../../../kjv/exodus/27/1), The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof; [Exodus 27:9](../../../kjv/exodus/27/9), The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars; [Exodus 27:18](../../../kjv/exodus/27/18), The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass; [Exodus 27:20](../../../kjv/exodus/27/20), The oil for the lamp.

**altar of shittim wood:** [Exodus 20:24-26](../../../kjv/exodus/20/24-26), [Exodus 24:4](../../../kjv/exodus/24/4), [Exodus 38:1-7](../../../kjv/exodus/38/1-7), [Exodus 40:10](../../../kjv/exodus/40/10), [Exodus 40:29](../../../kjv/exodus/40/29), [2 Samuel 24:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/18), [2 Chronicles 4:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/1), [Ezekiel 43:13-17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/13-17), [Hebrews 13:10](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 25:5](../../../kjv/exodus/25/5) - shittim wood [Exodus 31:9](../../../kjv/exodus/31/9) - the altar [Exodus 35:16](../../../kjv/exodus/35/16) - The altar [Exodus 40:6](../../../kjv/exodus/40/6) - *General* [Numbers 3:31](../../../kjv/numbers/3/31) - the altars [Numbers 23:1](../../../kjv/numbers/23/1) - seven altars [1 Chronicles 6:49](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/49) - Aaron [2 Chronicles 1:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/5) - the brazen [2 Chronicles 32:12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/12) - one altar [Ezekiel 9:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/9/2) - beside [Ezekiel 43:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/16) - twelve cubits

**horns of it upon the four corners thereof:** The horns might have been designed not only for ornament, but to prevent the sacrifices from falling off, and to tie the victim to, previous to its being sacrificed. [Exodus 29:12](../../../kjv/exodus/29/12), [Leviticus 4:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/7), [Leviticus 4:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/18), [Leviticus 4:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/25), [Leviticus 8:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/8/15), [Leviticus 16:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/16/18), [1 Kings 1:50](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/50), [1 Kings 2:28](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/28), [Psalms 118:27](../../../kjv/psalms/118/27), [Hebrews 6:18](../../../kjv/hebrews/6/18)
**overlay it with brass:** [Numbers 16:38](../../../kjv/numbers/16/38), [Numbers 16:39](../../../kjv/numbers/16/39), [1 Kings 8:64](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/64)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 30:2](../../../kjv/exodus/30/2) - the horns [Exodus 38:2](../../../kjv/exodus/38/2) - he made [Ezekiel 43:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/15) - four horns [Zechariah 9:15](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/15) - the corners

**his shovels:** [Leviticus 16:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/16/12), [1 Kings 7:40](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/40), [1 Kings 7:45](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/45), [2 Chronicles 4:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/11), [Jeremiah 52:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/18)
**basins:** [Exodus 24:6](../../../kjv/exodus/24/6)
**fleshhooks:** [Exodus 38:3](../../../kjv/exodus/38/3), [Numbers 4:14](../../../kjv/numbers/4/14), [1 Samuel 2:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/13), [1 Samuel 2:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/14), [1 Chronicles 28:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/17), [2 Chronicles 4:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/16)
**firepans:** [1 Kings 7:45](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/45), [2 Kings 25:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/15), [Jeremiah 52:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/19), [Jeremiah 52:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 27:19](../../../kjv/exodus/27/19) - all the pins thereof [Leviticus 10:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/1) - censer [Numbers 4:13](../../../kjv/numbers/4/13) - *General* [2 Kings 25:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/13) - pillars [2 Kings 25:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/14) - the pots [2 Timothy 2:20](../../../kjv/2-timothy/2/20) - vessels

**a grate of network:** [Exodus 35:16](../../../kjv/exodus/35/16), [Exodus 38:4](../../../kjv/exodus/38/4), [Exodus 38:5](../../../kjv/exodus/38/5)
**rings in the four corners thereof:** [Exodus 25:12](../../../kjv/exodus/25/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 30:4](../../../kjv/exodus/30/4) - rings

**compass of the altar:** [Exodus 38:4](../../../kjv/exodus/38/4)

**staves for the altar:** [Exodus 35:13-15](../../../kjv/exodus/35/13-15), [Exodus 30:4](../../../kjv/exodus/30/4), [Numbers 4:44](../../../kjv/numbers/4/44)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 25:13](../../../kjv/exodus/25/13) - *General*

**bear it:** [Exodus 25:28](../../../kjv/exodus/25/28), [Exodus 30:4](../../../kjv/exodus/30/4), [Numbers 4:13](../../../kjv/numbers/4/13), [Numbers 4:14](../../../kjv/numbers/4/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 25:12](../../../kjv/exodus/25/12) - *General*

**as it was showed:** Heb. he shewed, [Exodus 25:9](../../../kjv/exodus/25/9), [Exodus 25:40](../../../kjv/exodus/25/40), [Exodus 26:30-37](../../../kjv/exodus/26/30-37), [1 Chronicles 28:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/11), [1 Chronicles 28:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/19), [Matthew 15:9](../../../kjv/matthew/15/9), [Colossians 2:20-23](../../../kjv/colossians/2/20-23), [Hebrews 8:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/8/5)

**the court:** [Exodus 38:9-20](../../../kjv/exodus/38/9-20), [Exodus 40:8](../../../kjv/exodus/40/8), [1 Kings 6:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/36), [1 Kings 8:64](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/64), [2 Chronicles 33:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/5), [Psalms 84:10](../../../kjv/psalms/84/10), [Psalms 92:13](../../../kjv/psalms/92/13), [Psalms 100:4](../../../kjv/psalms/100/4), [Psalms 116:19](../../../kjv/psalms/116/19), [Ezekiel 40:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/14), [Ezekiel 40:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/20), [Ezekiel 40:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/23), [Ezekiel 40:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/28), [Ezekiel 40:32](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/32), [Ezekiel 40:44](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/44), [Ezekiel 42:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/42/3), [Ezekiel 42:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/42/19), [Ezekiel 42:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/42/20), [Ezekiel 46:20-24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/46/20-24)
**hangings for:** [Exodus 26:31-37](../../../kjv/exodus/26/31-37), [Exodus 36:17](../../../kjv/exodus/36/17), [Exodus 39:40](../../../kjv/exodus/39/40)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 27:14](../../../kjv/exodus/27/14) - hangings of one side [Exodus 27:18](../../../kjv/exodus/27/18) - length of the court [Exodus 31:7](../../../kjv/exodus/31/7) - tabernacle [Exodus 35:17](../../../kjv/exodus/35/17) - The hangings [Exodus 40:33](../../../kjv/exodus/40/33) - up the court [Leviticus 6:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/26) - in the court [Numbers 3:26](../../../kjv/numbers/3/26) - the hangings [Numbers 3:36](../../../kjv/numbers/3/36) - under the custody and charge [Numbers 4:26](../../../kjv/numbers/4/26) - the hangings

**sockets shall be of brass:** [Exodus 26:19-21](../../../kjv/exodus/26/19-21)
**fillets shall be of silver:** [Exodus 36:38](../../../kjv/exodus/36/38), [Jeremiah 52:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 26:32](../../../kjv/exodus/26/32) - their hooks shall be of gold [Exodus 26:33](../../../kjv/exodus/26/33) - the taches [Exodus 38:30](../../../kjv/exodus/38/30) - the sockets

**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 26:32](../../../kjv/exodus/26/32) - their hooks shall be of gold

**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 26:19](../../../kjv/exodus/26/19) - forty sockets of silver

**hangings of one side:** [Exodus 27:9](../../../kjv/exodus/27/9), [Exodus 26:36](../../../kjv/exodus/26/36)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 38:14](../../../kjv/exodus/38/14) - hangings

**of blue:** [Exodus 26:31](../../../kjv/exodus/26/31), [Exodus 26:36](../../../kjv/exodus/26/36)
**needlework:** [Exodus 28:39](../../../kjv/exodus/28/39), [Exodus 36:37](../../../kjv/exodus/36/37), [Exodus 39:29](../../../kjv/exodus/39/29), [Judges 5:30](../../../kjv/judges/5/30), [Psalms 45:14](../../../kjv/psalms/45/14)

**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 38:28](../../../kjv/exodus/38/28) - and filleted them [Exodus 38:30](../../../kjv/exodus/38/30) - the sockets

**length of the court:** [Exodus 27:9-12](../../../kjv/exodus/27/9-12)
**fifty every where:** Heb. fifty by fifty

**all the pins thereof:** [Exodus 27:3](../../../kjv/exodus/27/3), [Exodus 35:18](../../../kjv/exodus/35/18), [Exodus 38:20](../../../kjv/exodus/38/20), [Exodus 38:31](../../../kjv/exodus/38/31), [Exodus 39:40](../../../kjv/exodus/39/40), [Numbers 3:37](../../../kjv/numbers/3/37), [Numbers 4:32](../../../kjv/numbers/4/32), [Ezra 9:8](../../../kjv/ezra/9/8), [Ecclesiastes 12:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/11), [Isaiah 22:23-25](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/23-25), [Isaiah 33:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/20), [Zechariah 10:4](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/4)

**pure oil olive beaten:** That is, such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press. [Exodus 39:37](../../../kjv/exodus/39/37), [Leviticus 24:2-4](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/2-4), [Judges 9:9](../../../kjv/judges/9/9), [Psalms 23:5](../../../kjv/psalms/23/5), [Zechariah 4:11-14](../../../kjv/zechariah/4/11-14), [Revelation 11:4](../../../kjv/revelation/11/4)
**for the light:** [Exodus 25:31-37](../../../kjv/exodus/25/31-37)
**to cause the lamp:** Josephus says, that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day. Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from [Exodus 30:8](../../../kjv/exodus/30/8), and [1 Samuel 3:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/3), that they were anciently extinguished in the morning.
**to burn:** Heb. to ascend up
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 25:6](../../../kjv/exodus/25/6) - Oil for [Exodus 30:7](../../../kjv/exodus/30/7) - dresseth [Exodus 35:8](../../../kjv/exodus/35/8) - And oil [Numbers 4:16](../../../kjv/numbers/4/16) - the oil [1 Chronicles 9:29](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/29) - the oil [2 Chronicles 4:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/20) - burn after [2 Chronicles 13:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/13/11) - the candlestick

**the tabernacle of the congregation:** [Exodus 29:10](../../../kjv/exodus/29/10), [Exodus 29:44](../../../kjv/exodus/29/44), [Leviticus 3:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/3/8), [Numbers 8:9](../../../kjv/numbers/8/9)
**without the veil:** [Exodus 26:31-33](../../../kjv/exodus/26/31-33), [Exodus 40:3](../../../kjv/exodus/40/3)
**testimony:** [Exodus 16:34](../../../kjv/exodus/16/34), [Exodus 25:16](../../../kjv/exodus/25/16), [Exodus 25:21](../../../kjv/exodus/25/21)
**Aaron:** [Exodus 30:8](../../../kjv/exodus/30/8), [1 Samuel 3:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/3), [2 Chronicles 13:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/13/11), [Malachi 2:7](../../../kjv/malachi/2/7), [Matthew 4:16](../../../kjv/matthew/4/16), [Luke 12:35](../../../kjv/luke/12/35), [John 5:35](../../../kjv/john/5/35), [2 Corinthians 4:6](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/4/6), [2 Peter 1:19](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/19), [Revelation 2:1](../../../kjv/revelation/2/1)
**evening:** [Genesis 1:5](../../../kjv/genesis/1/5), [Genesis 1:8](../../../kjv/genesis/1/8), [Leviticus 24:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/3), [Psalms 134:1](../../../kjv/psalms/134/1)
**a statute for ever:** [Exodus 28:43](../../../kjv/exodus/28/43), [Exodus 29:9](../../../kjv/exodus/29/9), [Exodus 29:28](../../../kjv/exodus/29/28), [Leviticus 3:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/3/17), [Leviticus 16:34](../../../kjv/leviticus/16/34), [Leviticus 24:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/9), [Numbers 18:23](../../../kjv/numbers/18/23), [Numbers 19:21](../../../kjv/numbers/19/21), [1 Samuel 30:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/25)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 25:37](../../../kjv/exodus/25/37) - they shall [Exodus 30:7](../../../kjv/exodus/30/7) - dresseth [Exodus 39:37](../../../kjv/exodus/39/37) - even with [Exodus 40:2](../../../kjv/exodus/40/2) - tabernacle [Leviticus 24:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/2) - that they [Numbers 4:16](../../../kjv/numbers/4/16) - the oil [Numbers 7:31](../../../kjv/numbers/7/31) - Bowl [Numbers 18:5](../../../kjv/numbers/18/5) - And ye [2 Chronicles 4:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/20) - burn after [Hebrews 9:6](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/6) - the priests

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