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The Altar of Burnt Offering
The burnt-offering altar was also constructed of acacia wood; it was 7½ feet square at the top, and 4½ feet high. There were four horns at the four corners, all of one piece with the rest. This altar was overlaid with bronze. Then he made bronze utensils to be used with the altar--the pots, shovels, basins, meat hooks, and fire pans. Next he made a bronze grating that rested upon a ledge about halfway up [in the fire box]. Four rings were cast for each side of the grating, to insert the carrying poles. The carrying poles themselves were made of acacia wood, overlaid with bronze. The carrying poles were inserted into the rings at the side of the altar. The altar was hollow, with plank siding.
TEXT SOURCE:
(Exodus 38:1-7) The Children's Living Bible, ©1970 Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187
TITLE SOURCE: The New Student Bible, ©1992 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan
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