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Exodus 27:1-6
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"Make an Altar of acacia wood. Make it seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high.
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Make horns at each of the four corners. The horns are to be of one piece with the Altar and covered with a veneer of bronze.
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Make buckets for removing the ashes, along with shovels, basins, forks, and fire pans. Make all these utensils from bronze.
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Make a grate of bronze mesh and attach bronze rings at each of the four corners.
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Put the grate under the ledge of the Altar at the halfway point of the Altar.
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Make acacia wood poles for the Altar and cover them with a veneer of bronze.
Exodus 27:1-6 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27
This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1-8, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9-19 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Ex 27:20,21.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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