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Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
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A Portable Atonement
The staves and rings were designed to make the altar portable, signifying that God's provision for atonement was not fixed to one location but traveled with His people. Commentator John Gill sees this as a type of the Great Commission, where ministers of the Gospel are called to 'carry' the message of Christ's sacrifice throughout the world.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the staves shall be put into the rings Not into the rings of the grate, as Jarchi and others: though Dr. Lightfo…
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 …
