THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE. THE OIL FOR THE LAMPS 1-8. Altar of Burnt Offering. This is a hollow chest of acacia wood overlaid with bronze, and stands within the court, midway between the outer entrance and the door of the tabernacle. 1. The approximate size of the a... [ Continue Reading ]
A GRATE] The position and purpose of this grating are not clear. It may have been a grating suspended by rings inside the altar, allowing the ashes, blood, and fat of the victims to drain off into the earth with which in all probability the hollow altar was filled. Or it may have been intended to ca... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPASS OF THE ALTAR] RV 'ledge round the altar.' This seems to have been a kind of projecting step or narrow platform running round the altar halfway up, on which the officiating priests stood. 9-19. Court of the Tabernacle. This is a sacred enclosure, open to the sky, surrounding the tabernacle,... [ Continue Reading ]
FILLETS] Probably rods connecting the pillars with each other.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HANGINGS OF ONE SIDE] The entrance is in the middle of the E. side and Isaiah 20 cubits wide, leaving 15 cubits at each side of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
PINS] Tent pegs. 20, 21. The Oil for the Lamps.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURE OLIVE OIL BEATEN RV] Oil extracted by beating olives in a mortar without heat. It is the purest kind of oil. TO BURN ALWAYS] As there was no window in the tabernacle it is probable, though nowhere asserted, that the lights burned day and night: cp. Leviticus 24:1; Numbers 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION] RV 'tent of meeting' So always; see on Exodus 25:22. BEFORE THE TESTIMONY] see on Exodus 16:34. ORDER IT FROM EVENING TO MORNING] This may mean that the lamps were trimmed evening and morning: see on the preceding v.... [ Continue Reading ]