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You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
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Horns of Atonement and Refuge
Commentators explain that the horns on the altar's four corners were not merely decorative. The blood of sin offerings was applied to them, signifying atonement. Furthermore, they served as a place of sanctuary, where a person could cling for refuge, illustrating the altar as a place where God's justice and mercy meet.
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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
The horns of it. —It is not true to say, as Kalisch does, that “the altars of almost all ancient nations were frequently …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 2 And you shall make the horns of it upon the four cornersthereofWhich were eith…
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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 …
