7And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
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And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: …
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him, not in the tabernacle itself (into that only the priests entered as God’s domestic servants), but in the court before the tabernacle, where, as common subjects, they attended. There an altar was ordered to be set up, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which…
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