(Compare to Exodus 38:1-7.) The great altar that stood in the court immediately in front of the tabernacle was commonly called the altar of burnt o…

Thou shalt make an altar. —Hebrew, the altar. It is assumed that a sanctuary must have an altar, as worship with…

And you shall make an altar. The altar of whole burnt offerings (holocaustorum) is described here. It was, however, called this by …

And thou shall make an altar of shittim wood
This is a different altar from that made of earth before the tabernacle was built…

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 …