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 its_ pillars _and_ hangings, 9-15. Gate _of the court, its pillars, hangings, length, breadth, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:2. _THOU SHALT MAKE THE HORNS OF IT_] The horns might have three uses: 1. For ornament. 2. To prevent carcasses, c., from falling off. 3. To tie the victim to, previously to its being sacrificed. So David: _Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns_ _of the altar_ Psalms 118:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:3. _THOU SHALT MAKE HIS PANS_] סירתיו _sirothaiv_, a sort or large brazen dishes, which stood under the altar to receive the ashes that fell through the grating. _HIS SHOVELS_] יעיו _yaaiv_. Some render this _besoms_; but as these were brazen instruments, it is more natural to suppo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:4. _THOU SHALT MAKE FOR IT A GRATE_] Calmet supposes this altar to have been a sort of box, covered with brass plates, on the top of which was a grating to supply the fire with air, and permit the ashes to fall through into the _siroth_ or pan that was placed below. At the four corne... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:8. _HOLLOW WITH BOARDS_] It seems to have been a kind of _frame-work_, and to have had nothing solid in the inside, and only covered with the grating at the top. This rendered it more light and portable.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:9. _THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE_] The tabernacle stood in an enclosure or court, open at the top. This court was made with pillars or posts, and hangings. It was _one hundred cubits_, or about _fifty-eight_ yards and a half, in length; the breadth we learn from Exodus 27:12; Exodus 2... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:16. _AND FOR THE GATE OF THE COURT_] It appears that the hangings of this gate were of the same materials and workmanship with that of the inner covering of the tabernacle, and the outer and inner veil. See Exodus 26:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:19. _ALL THE VESSELS _- SHALL BE OF _BRASS._] It would have been improper to have used instruments made of the more precious metals about this altar, as they must have been soon worn out by the severity of the service.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:20. _PURE OIL OLIVE BEATEN_] That is, such oil as could easily be expressed from the olives after they had been bruised in a mortar; the _mother drop_, as it is called, which drops out of itself as soon as the olives are a little broken, and which is much purer than that which is obt... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 27:21. _THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION_] The place where all the assembly of the people were to worship, where the God of that assembly was pleased to reside, and to which, as the habitation of their king and protector, they were ever to turn their faces in all their adorations. _B... [ Continue Reading ]