. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . tarwas at the door of the tabernacle of the tentof the congregation (Ex. xl. 29). The variousutensils for the service of the altar (Ex. ) were: (a.) Pans to clear away the fat and asheswith. (Pan.) (b.) Shovels for removing ashes.(c.) Basins, in which the blood of the victims was re-ceived, and from which it was sprinkled. (Basin.)(d.) Flesh-hooks (three-pronged, see 1 Sam. ii. 13, 14),by which the flesh was removed from the caldron orpot. (Hook.) (e.) Fire-pans, or censers (snuff-dishes in Ex. xxv. 38), for taking coals from thefire on the al
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . tarwas at the door of the tabernacle of the tentof the congregation (Ex. xl. 29). The variousutensils for the service of the altar (Ex. ) were: (a.) Pans to clear away the fat and asheswith. (Pan.) (b.) Shovels for removing ashes.(c.) Basins, in which the blood of the victims was re-ceived, and from which it was sprinkled. (Basin.)(d.) Flesh-hooks (three-pronged, see 1 Sam. ii. 13, 14),by which the flesh was removed from the caldron orpot. (Hook.) (e.) Fire-pans, or censers (snuff-dishes in Ex. xxv. 38), for taking coals from thefire on the altar (Lev. xvi. 12), or for burning in-cense (Num. xvi. 6, 7 ; Fike-Pan). All these utensilswere of brass.—(2.) In Solomons Temple the altaras well as the building was considerably larger,square as before, but twenty cubits long, twentybroad, and ten high (2 Chr. iv. 1), made entirely ofbrass (1 K. viii. 64 ; 2 Chr. vii. 7). It had no grat-ing : and the ascent to it was probably by threesuccessive platforms, with steps leading to each, as. Altar of Burnt-Offering, from Surenhusiusa Mlshna. in the figure annexed. The Law indeed positivelyforbade the use of steps (Ex. xx. 26), and Josephusasserts that in Herods Temple the ascent was by aninclined plane. On the other hand steps are intro-duced in the Temple of Ezekiel (Ez. xliii. 17), andEx. xx. 26, has been interpreted as prohibiting acontinuous flight of stairs, and not a broken the Biblical account is so brief that we cannotdetermine the question. Asa renewed this altar(2 Chr. xv. 8), i. e. repaired it, or more probablyperhaps reconsecrated it after it had been polluted byidol-worship. Subsequently Ahaz had it removed tothe N. side of the new altar which Urijah had madeby his direction (2 K. xvi. 14). It was cleansed by command of Hezekiah (2 Chr, xxix. 18), and Ma-3 nasseh, after the repentance, either repaired or re-built it (xxxiii. 16j. It may have been broken up,and the brass carried to Babylon, but this is not
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