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Exodus 38:2

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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.
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  1. Exodus 27:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2And 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.

  2. Job 6:12Rank 2 from verse 2
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    12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

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Exodus 38:2

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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overlaid

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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of overlay: covered over or coated. Sense 2: Past tense of overlay: smothered by lying upon.

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38:1AND he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

38:2And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

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38:3And 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.

38:4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

38:5And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

38:6And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

38:7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

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