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.
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And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. …
And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Bezaleel having finished the gold-work, which, though the richest, yet was ordered to lie most out of sight, in the tabernacle itself, here goes on to prepare the court, which lay open to the view of all. Two things the court was furnished with, and both made of brass:— I. An altar of burnt-offering, Exod. 38:1-7. On this all their sacrifices were offered, and it was this which, being sanctified i…
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