Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Exodus 27:1
And thou shalt make an (a) altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.
(a) For the burnt offering.
And thou shalt make an (a) altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.
(a) For the burnt offering.
CHAPTER XXVII _The altar of_ burnt-offerings, _and its dimensions_, 1; _its_ horns, 2; pans, shovels, _c._, 3 _its_ grate _and_ net work, 4, 5; _its_ staves, 6, 7. Court of the tabernacle, with...
(Compare Exodus 38:1.) The great altar which stood in the court immediately in front of the tabernacle was commonly called the altar of burnt-offering, because on it were burnt the whole burnt-offerin...
CHAPTER 27 THE TABERNACLE CONCLUDED _ 1. The altar of brass (Exodus 27:1)_ 2. The court of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:9) 3. The oil for the lamp (Exodus 27:20) The brazen altar stood at the door of...
EXODUS 27. P. ALTAR AND OUTER COURT (_cf. Exodus 38:1_, Exodus 38:9). In strongest contrast to Exodus 20:24, with its sanction of many altars, rudely made of earth or rough stone blocks, we find instr...
SHITTIM WOOD. Acacia wood. CUBITS. See App-51....
_the altar the_altar κατ ʼ ἐξοχήν, if not, in P's view (see on Exodus 30:1-10), the only altar. So Exodus 30:18; Exodus 30:20; Exodus 40:7;...
(cf. Exodus 38:1-7). The _altar of burnt-offering_. This was a hollow frame of acacia planks, overlaid with copper (or bronze) 5 cubits (=7 ½ ft.) in length and breadth, and 3 cubits (1 ½ ft.) in heig...
AND THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR OF SHITTIM-WOOD— The _altar_ for the common service of sacrifices is next described; which the use whereto it was appointed rendered necessary to be formed of baser and st...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (2...
_AND THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR OF SHITTIM WOOD, FIVE CUBITS LONG, AND FIVE CUBITS BROAD; THE ALTAR SHALL BE FOURSQUARE: AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF SHALL BE THREE CUBITS._ Altar of shittim wood. The dimens...
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,...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 27 THE *ALTAR WHERE THE PRIESTS BURNT THE ANIMALS THAT THE *ISRAELIT...
XXVII. THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. (1) THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR. — Heb., _the altar._ It is assumed that a sanctuary must have an altar, worship without sacrifice being unknown. (See Exodus 5:1; Exod...
וְ עָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת ־הַ מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטּ
CHAPTER XXVII. _ THE OUTER COURT._ Exodus 27:1 Before describing the tabernacle, its furniture was specified. And so, when giving instructions for the court of the tabernacle, the altar has to be de...
THE ALTAR AND THE COURT Exodus 27:1 The brazen altar is dealt with long before any particular mention is made of the altar of incense, because the question of our relationship with God, through the d...
Here we have the account of the court surrounding the Tabernacle and the Tent and here again the description begins from the inside. First, the brazen altar is described. It symbolized devotion on the...
Altar, of holocausts, in the open air, before the tabernacle. (Tirinus) --- Four square, or five cubits in length and breadth, and three in height, which the Rabbins measure from the grate, (ver. 5,)...
CONTENTS The interesting subject of the Jewish tabernacle is still carried on in this Chapter. Here are directions given to Moses concerning the altar, the court of the tabernacle, and the oil for bu...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
1._And thou shalt make an altar. _The altar of whole burnt-offerings (_holocaustorum_) is here described, which, however, it was called by _synecdoche, _for not only entire victims were burnt there, b...
In the court God meets the world (I do not speak of the world itself through which we walk: [1] this was the desert); but it is where those coming up out of the world draw near to God, where His peopl...
AND THOU SHALL MAKE AN ALTAR OF SHITTIM WOOD,.... This is a different altar from that made of earth before the tabernacle was built, Exodus 20:24 and from the altar of incense, Exodus 30:1 this was t...
And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits. Ver. 1. _Five cubits long._] So...
_Thou shalt make an altar_ As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him; not in the tabernacle itself, into that only t...
1 The Altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 The Court of the Tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18 The measure of the Court. 20 The oile for the lampe. 1 AND thou shalt...
THE ALTAR...
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare, a form which gave it great solidity; AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF SHALL BE THREE CUBITS....
4. _The Tent, or the Dwelling itself_. Exodus 26:1-30 I. The Component Parts of the Tent as to Form. _a_. The tent itself. (1) Ten curtains of byssus each 28 cubits long, and 4 cubits wide. (2) Fift...
H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...
THE BRAZEN (OR COPPER) ALTAR (vs.1-8) On entering the courtyard, one would stand immediately before the brazen altar. Then the laver stood between the altar and the tabernacle entrance. This altar (o...
1-8 In the court before the tabernacle, where the people attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God. It was of wood overlaid...
EXODUS CHAPTER 27 Of the brazen altar, EXODUS 27:1. Of the court of the tabernacle, EXODUS 27:9; the length of it, EXODUS 27:18. Of the lamps burning always,...
We have now arrived at the brazen altar which stood at the door of the tabernacle; and I would call my reader's most particular attention to the order of the Holy Ghost in this portion of our book. We...
Exodus 27:1 make H6213 (H8804) altar H4196 acacia H7848 wood H6086 five H2568 cubits H520 long H753 five...
THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING (EXODUS 27:1). The altar was to be covered with ‘brazen copper', probably copper alloyed with tin to make bronze. It was thus of inferior material compared with the gold an...
ALTAR Brazen altar, type of the Cross upon which Christ, our whole burnt-offering offered Himself without spot to God (Hebrews 9:14). HEIGHT (Cf) (Exodus 25:10). The altar of burnt offering is doub...
CONTENTS: Directions about the brazen altar and the court. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Sinful man dare not approach God (at the ark) Hebrews 9:8; but God approaches man as a sinner th...
Exodus 27:1. _Make an altar._ The altar, says a living author before mentioned, seems to have been intended only for the present purpose, until further orders were given; and especially for those sacr...
_An altar of shittim wood._ THE ALTAR OF BURNT-OFFERING I. The altar of burnt-offering was made partly of wood, and partly of brass. The wood was incorruptible; and was therefore a lively type of th...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 27:1 This ALTAR made of wood and overlaid with BRONZE is referred to later by its function: “the altar of burnt offering” ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 27:1. An altar of shittim wood.] It was known also by two other names: 1st, as “the brass altar,” so called since it was overlaid with brass; 2d, the “outer altar,” because of...
EXPOSITION THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. From the description of the tabernacle, or sacred tent in which worship was to be offered by the priests, it followed in natural sequence, that directions shoul...
Now on the outside they were to make a court, which would be seventy-five feet wide, and a hundred and fifty feet long, with curtains around it seven and a half feet high. So that you have this outer...
altar of shittim wood Exodus 20:24 Exodus 24:4 Exodus 38:1 Exodus 40:10 Exodu
As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him; not in the tabernacle itself, into that only the priests entered as God's...