15So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And 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.
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-27)This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezra 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Ezek. 43:13. It was six yards square at the top and seven yards square at the bottom; it was four yards and a ha…
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