Ex 27:1–8; 38:1–7. Five cubits square, three high — designed for an animal to be lifted onto and consumed by fire. Bronze symbolism = judgment of sin met head-on. Christ fulfillment: the cross (Heb 13:10). Cross-link to /featured/bronze-serpent for the bronze-metal symbolism.
Bronze Altar — sacrifice for sin
The first piece encountered on entering the Outer Court.
Primary passage:Exodus 27:1 →
Commentary
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John Calvin
Commentaries
1. And thou shalt make an altar. The altar of whole burnt-offerings (holocaustorum) is here described, which, however, it was called by synecdoche, for not only entire victims were burnt there, but also parts of them only, as we shall see in Leviticus. The burnt-offerings received their name from their…
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