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Its length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
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A Small but Significant Altar
Commentators describe the altar of incense as a small, gold-covered wooden box, about 1.5 feet square and 3 feet tall. Its horns were not separate attachments but were crafted as one piece with the altar, signifying integrity. Its small size was suitable for burning precious incense, a task distinct from the large animal sacrifices on the brazen altar.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Exodus 37:25–28; Exodus 40:26–27). The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood ([Reference Exodus 25…
19th Century
Anglican
Foursquare shall it be. — Of the same shape as “the brazen altar” (Exodus 27:1), but much sm…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, it shall be four square<…
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The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned on it typified his pleading for his people. The continu…
