Éxodo 27:8

8 Lo harás hueco, de tablas; según se te mostró en el monte, así lo harán.

Éxodo 27:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 27:8

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it
The frame of it being made of boards of shittim wood, there was nothing within side but the grate, which was put within the square, down into the middle of it, and so was light of carriage; though the Targum of Jonathan, and other Jewish writers, represent this hollow as filled up with dust and earth, to answer to the altar of earth Moses was before bid to make; but this seems quite contrary to the present direction: the hollowness of the altar may denote the emptiness of Christ when he became a sacrifice: he emptied himself, as it were, when he became incarnate, of all his greatness, glory, and riches, and became mean and poor for the sake of his people, that they through his poverty might be made rich, ( Philippians 2:7 Philippians 2:8 ) ( 2 Corinthians 8:9 )

as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it;
or, "as he showed thee" ^F7, that is, God. Moses had a model of this altar showed him, and he was to be careful to instruct the workmen, and see to it, that they built it exactly according to the model.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (harh) "fecit videre", Pagninus, Montanus; "ostendit Dominus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius; so Ainsworth.

Éxodo 27:8 In-Context

6 Harás también varas para el altar, varas de madera de acacia, y las revestirás de bronce.

7 Y las varas se meterán en las argollas, de manera que las varas estén en ambos lados del altar cuando sea transportado.

8 Lo harás hueco, de tablas; según se te mostró en el monte, así lo harán.

9 Harás también el atrio del tabernáculo. Al lado sur habrá cortinas de lino fino torcido para el atrio, de cien codos de largo por un lado.

10 Sus columnas serán veinte, con sus veinte basas de bronce; los ganchos de las columnas y sus molduras serán de plata.