Exodus 27:2 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:1-8

Altar of burnt offering (27:1-8)All animal sacrifices were offered on what has become known as the brazen altar (though the metal referred to in older English versions as brass was probably bronze or, less likely, copper). The altar was made of timber overlaid with bronze and was hollow inside. Its utensils also were made of bronze (27:1-3).The instructions do not tell us how sacrifices were burnt on this altar. Either the altar was filled with earth to form a mound on which the sacrifices were... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 27:2

brass , or copper. Perhaps bronze. See Exodus 25:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:1-8

The altar of burnt offerings 27:1-8The height of this altar was four and a half feet. This height has led some commentators to suggest that a step-like bench or ledge may have surrounded it on which the priests stood when they offered sacrifices. [Note: E.g., Keil and Delitzsch, 2:186-87.] In view of the command prohibiting steps up to Israel’s altars (Exodus 20:26), a ramp seems more probable (cf. Leviticus 9:22). However there may have been neither a ramp nor steps. The altar had four horns... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:1-19

5. The tabernacle courtyard 27:1-19In this section Moses described the altar of burnt offerings, the courtyard itself, and the oil for the lamps on the lampstand that the priests evidently prepared in the courtyard. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:1-21

The Altar of Burnt Offering. The Court of the Tabernacle. The Oil for the Lamps1-8. Altar of Burnt Offering.This is a hollow chest of acacia wood overlaid with bronze, and stands within the court, midway between the outer entrance and the door of the tabernacle.1. The approximate size of the altar is 7½ ft. square and 4½ ft. high: see on Exodus 20:26.2 The horns] The form and significance of these horns are doubtful. They were very important, and seem to have been regarded as the most sacred... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 27:2

(2) The horns of it.—It is not true to say, as Kalisch does, that “the altars of almost all ancient nations were frequently provided with horns.” On the contrary, horns were, so far as is known, peculiar to Israelite altars. Originally, they would seem to have been mere ornaments at the four upper corners, but ultimately they came to be regarded as essential to an altar, and the virtue of the altar was thought to lie especially in them. The victims were bound to them (Psalms 118:27); criminals... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:1-21

CHAPTER XXVII.THE OUTER COURT.Exodus 27:1-21Before describing the tabernacle, its furniture was specified. And so, when giving instructions for the court of the tabernacle, the altar has to be described: "Thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood." The definite article either implies that an altar was taken for granted, a thing of course; or else it points back to chap. Exodus 20:24, which said "An altar of earth shalt thou make." Nor is the acacia wood of this altar at all inconsistent with... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 27:1-21

CHAPTER 27 The Tabernacle Concluded 1. The altar of brass (Exodus 27:1-8 ) 2. The court of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:9-19 ) 3. The oil for the lamp (Exodus 27:20-21 ) The brazen altar stood at the door of the tabernacle. Later we find in this book the golden altar of incense mentioned. It stood between the golden candlestick and the brazen altar. This altar was likewise of shittim wood. Instead of gold, here was brass, because the altar is the type of the cross where Christ met the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 27:2

27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of {b} the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.(b) Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it. read more