A dictionary of the . Jewishworship were : 1. The altar of burnt-offering,or the brazen altar, in the taber-nacle in the wilderness. This altarstood directly in front of the principalentrance. It was made of shittim-wood(acacia), seven feet and six inchessquare, and four feet and six incheshigh. It was hollow and overlaid withplates of brass. The horns—of whichthere was one on each corner—were ofwood, and overlaid in the same grate or net-work of brass was alsoattached to it, either to hold the fire orto support a hearth of earth. The fur-niture of the altar was all of brass, and
A dictionary of the . Jewishworship were : 1. The altar of burnt-offering,or the brazen altar, in the taber-nacle in the wilderness. This altarstood directly in front of the principalentrance. It was made of shittim-wood(acacia), seven feet and six inchessquare, and four feet and six incheshigh. It was hollow and overlaid withplates of brass. The horns—of whichthere was one on each corner—were ofwood, and overlaid in the same grate or net-work of brass was alsoattached to it, either to hold the fire orto support a hearth of earth. The fur-niture of the altar was all of brass, andconsisted of, 1. a shovel to remove theashes from the altar; 2. a pan to re-ceive them ; 3. basins for receiving theblood of the victims and removing it;4. hooks for turning the sacrifice; , or perhaps censers, for carry-ing coals from the fire or for burning42 incense. At each corner was a brassring, and there were also two staves orrods overlaid with brass, which passedthrough these rings, and served for car-. Altar of Burnt-Offering in the Tabernacle. rying the altar from place to altar is described in Ex. 27. The compass referred to, v. 5, was a ledgerunning all around the altar about mid-way from the ground—affording a con-venient place for the priest to standwhile offering sacrifice—supported by abrass net-like grating. The fire usedon this altar was kindled miraculouslyand was perpetually maintained. Itwas also a place of constant sacrifice. In the first temple, which in its gen-eral plan was constructed after the pat-tern of the tabernacle in the wilderness,the altar of burnt-offering stood in thesame relative position as in the taber-nacle. It was much larger, however,being thirty feet square and fifteen feethigh, its particular plan being appoint-
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