Exodus 27:2

Overview - Exodus 27
The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof.
The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars.
18 The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass.
20 The oil for the lamp.
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Exodus 27:2  (King James Version)
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.
 


horns of it upon the four corners thereof
The horns might have been designed not only for ornament, but to prevent the sacrifices from falling off, and to tie the victim to, previous to its being sacrificed.
29:12 Leviticus 4:7 Leviticus 4:18 Leviticus 4:25 ; 8:15 16:18 1 Kings 1:50 ; 2:28 Psalms 118:27
Hebrews 6:18

overlay it with brass
Numbers 16:38 Numbers 16:39 ; 1 Kings 8:64