# General Information:

Yahweh continues to tell Moses what the people must do. (See: [Exodus 25:1](../25/01.md))

# five cubits long and five cubits wide

"2.2 meters long on each side" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# The altar must be square and three cubits high

"The altar must be square and 1.3 meters high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# You must make extensions of its four corners shaped like ox horns

"You must make projections that look like ox horns on its four corners"

# The horns will be made

This can be stated in active form. AT: "You must make the horns" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# must cover them

"must cover the altar and horns"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/altar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/acacia]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible//ox]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bronze]]