Exodus 27:2-6 NASB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 27:1-8

As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him, not in the tabernacle itself (into that only the priests entered as God's domestic servants), but in the court before the tabernacle, where, as common subjects, they attended. There an altar was ordered to be set up, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God: and this altar was to sanctify their gifts. Here they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:2

Which were either for ornament, or for keeping what was laid upon the altar from falling off, or for the fastening of the sacrifice to them, and were what criminals fled to for refuge, and laid hold on; and may denote the power of Christ, who is the horn of salvation to preserve his people from a final falling away, and from ruin and destruction, and his protection of those that fly to him for refuge; and these horns being at the corners of the altar may respect the four parts of the world,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:3

And thou shall make his pans to receive his ashes ,.... Not to receive them in as they fell, but to gather them up in, and carry them away; and this was done every morning about cockcrowing, not much sooner nor later F3 Misn. Yoma, c. 1. sect. 8. & Maimon, in ib. : and his shovels ; to throw up the ashes together to be put into the pans; Jarchi describes this vessel to be like the cover of a brass pot, with a handle to it; the same we call a fire shovel: and his basins : to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:4

And thou shalt, make for it a grate of network of brass ,.... Or "sieve", as in Amos 9:9 , it was a plate of brass with holes in it, to let through either the blood that drained from the parts of the sacrifice, or the ashes of it; for this was the focus or hearth, on which the sacrifice and the wood were laid and burnt: this, according to the Targum of Jonathan on Exodus 38:4 was to receive the coals and bones which fell from the altar: and so may denote the purity of Christ's sacrifice,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:5

And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath ,.... That is, the grate was to be put within the square compass of the altar, in the hollow part of it, for the wood and sacrifice to be laid upon it: that the net may be even to the midst of the altar ; and as the altar was three cubits high, this net or grate was let down by chains to its rings a cubit and a half, and being of such a depth was capable of containing a great deal. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:6

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood ,.... Like those that were made for the ark, and for the same purpose: and overlay them with brass ; with plates of brass, whereas those for the ark were overlaid with gold. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:2

Thou shalt make the horns of it - The horns might have three uses: For ornament. To prevent carcasses, etc., from falling off. To tie the victim to, previously to its being sacrificed. So David: Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar; Psalm 118:27 . Horns were much used in all ancient altars among the heathen, and some of them were entirely constructed of the horns of the beasts that had been offered in sacrifice; but such altars appear to be erected rather as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:3

Thou shalt make his pans - סירתיו sirothaiv , a sort or large brazen dishes, which stood under the altar to receive the ashes that fell through the grating. His shovels - יעיו yaaiv . Some render this besoms; but as these were brazen instruments, it is more natural to suppose that some kind of fire-shovels are intended, or scuttles, which were used to carry off the ashes that fell through the grating into the large pan or siroth . His basins - מזרקתיו mizrekothaiv ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:4

Thou shalt make for it a grate - Calmet supposes this altar to have been a sort of box, covered with brass plates, on the top of which was a grating to supply the fire with air, and permit the ashes to fall through into the siroth or pan that was placed below. At the four corners of the grating were four rings and four chains, by which it was attached to the four horns; and at the sides were rings for the poles of shittim wood with which it was carried. Even on this there is a great... read more

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 27:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 27:1-8

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