Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:3
3. shovels—fire shovels for scraping together any of the scattered ashes. basons—for receiving the blood of the sacrifice to be sprinkled on the people. fleshhooks—curved, three-pronged forks (1 Samuel 2:13; 1 Samuel 2:14). fire-pans—A large sort of vessel, wherein the sacred fire which came down from heaven (1 Samuel 2:14- :) was kept burning, while they cleaned the altar and the grate from the coals and ashes, and while the altar was carried from one place to another in the wilderness... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 27:1-8
THE GREAT BRONZE ALTAR"And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; and the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its fleshhooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou... read more