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"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
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The Altar Points to Christ
Multiple commentators explain that the altar is a powerful type of Jesus Christ. The acacia wood represents His humanity, which would have been consumed by the fire of God's wrath against sin. However, it was overlaid with bronze, symbolizing His divine nature, which enabled Him to endure the cross and make a perfect, lasting atonement.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(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…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt make an altar. —Hebrew, the altar. It is assumed that a sanctuary must have an altar, as worship with…
16th Century
Protestant
And you shall make an altar. The altar of whole burnt offerings (holocaustorum) is described here. It was, however, called this by …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
