Exodus 27:8

8 Hohl, von Brettern sollst du ihn machen; so wie dir auf dem Berge gezeigt worden ist, also soll man ihn machen.

Exodus 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.

Exodus 27:8 In-Context

6 Und mache Stangen für den Altar, Stangen von Akazienholz, und überziehe sie mit Erz.

7 Und seine Stangen sollen in die Ringe gebracht werden, daß die Stangen an beiden Seiten des Altars seien, wenn man ihn trägt.

8 Hohl, von Brettern sollst du ihn machen; so wie dir auf dem Berge gezeigt worden ist, also soll man ihn machen.

9 Und du sollst den Vorhof der Wohnung machen: an der Mittagseite, südwärts, Umhänge für den Vorhof von gezwirntem Byssus, hundert Ellen die Länge auf der einen Seite;

10 und seine zwanzig Säulen und ihre zwanzig Füße von Erz, die Haken der Säulen und ihre Bindestäbe von Silber.