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Text -- Exodus 27:5 (NET)

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27:5 You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come halfway up the altar.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Tabernacle | TABERNACLE, B | SANCTUARY | Revelation | Prophecy | LEDGE | Israel | Grate | GRATE; GRATING | COMPASS; COMPASSES | Altar | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Exo 27:5 - -- That is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Lev 4:12).

That is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Lev 4:12).

TSK: Exo 27:5 - -- compass of the altar : Exo 38:4

compass of the altar : Exo 38:4

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Exo 27:1-8 - -- (Compare Exo 38:1-7.) The great altar which stood in the court immediately in front of the tabernacle was commonly called the altar of burnt-offerin...

(Compare Exo 38:1-7.) The great altar which stood in the court immediately in front of the tabernacle was commonly called the altar of burnt-offering, because on it were burnt the whole burnt-offerings, and all those parts of the other animal sacrifices which were offered to the Lord. It was also called the brazen altar, because it was covered with bronze, in distinction from the golden altar or altar of incense Exo 39:38-39; Exo 40:5-6.

Exo 27:2

His horns shall be of the same - These horns were projections pointing upward in the form either of a small obelisk, or of the horn of an ox. They were to be actually parts of the altar, not merely superadded to it. On them the blood of the sin-offering was smeared Exo 29:12; Lev 4:7; Lev 8:15; Lev 9:9; Lev 16:18. To take hold of them appears to have been regarded as an emphatic mode of laying claim to the supposed right of sanctuary (Exo 21:14 note; 1Ki 1:50).

Exo 27:3

Pans - Rather pots as in Exo 38:3; 1Ki 7:45. On the use to which these pots were put in disposing of the ashes of the altar, see Lev 1:16.

Basons - Vessels used for receiving the blood of the victims and casting it upon the altar (see Exo 24:6; Lev 1:5; etc.).

Fleshhooks - These were for adjusting the pieces of the victims upon the altar (compare 1Sa 2:13).

Firepans - The same word is rendered snuffdishes, Exo 25:38; Exo 37:23 : censers, Lev 10:1; Lev 16:12; Num 4:14; Num 16:6, etc. These utensils appear to have been shallow metal vessels which were employed merely to carry burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense.

Exo 27:5

The compass of the altar - A shelf or projecting ledge, of convenient width, carried round the altar half way between the top and the base. It was supported all round its outer edge by a vertical net-like grating of bronze that rested on the ground.

Exo 27:8

Hollow with boards - Slabs, or planks, rather than boards. The word is that which is used for the stone tables of the law Exo 24:12; Exo 31:18, not that applied to the boards of the tabernacle Exo 26:15.

The brazen altar was a hollow casing, formed of stout acacia planks covered with plates of bronze, seven feet six in length and width and four feet six in height. Jewish as well as Christian authorities have supposed that, when it was fixed for use, it was filled up with earth or rough stones. If we connect this suggestion with the old rule regarding the altar of earth and the altar of stone given in Exo 20:24-25, the woodwork might in fact be regarded merely as the case of the altar on which the victims were actually burned. The shelf round the sides Exo 27:5 was required as a stage for the priests to enable them to carry on their work conveniently on the top of the altar. Hence, it is said of Aaron that he came down from the altar Lev 9:22. According to rabbinical tradition, there was a slope of earth at the south side banked up for the priest to ascend to the stage (compare Exo 20:26).

Poole: Exo 27:5 - -- Under the compass , i.e. within the square and hollow space of the altar. That the net may be even to the midst of the altar , or, and the net shall...

Under the compass , i.e. within the square and hollow space of the altar.

That the net may be even to the midst of the altar , or, and the net shall be at (the Hebrew ad being here used for el , as Hos 14:2 Joe 2:12 Amo 4:6,8 ), the midst of the altar. And these words seem added to explain the word

beneath , to show that as it was not to be at the top, so neither at the bottom of the altar, but in the midst of it.

Haydock: Exo 27:5 - -- Midst. Hanging down half way. On this, the wood designed to consume the victim, was placed. The Septuagint and Vulgate refer which to the rings,...

Midst. Hanging down half way. On this, the wood designed to consume the victim, was placed. The Septuagint and Vulgate refer which to the rings, and the present Hebrew refers to the grate, or net. But it seems to be inaccurate. The rings were fixed about the middle of the altar's height, to the same holes, through which the bars intended for its removal were put. The altar stood upon feet, which took up half the height, and let in air below the grate, to fan the fire, and to prevent the brass from melting. All the altars described in the table of Isis, are of this nature. (Calmet) ---

The Septuagint do not distinguish the grate from the hearth, or little altar, ( arula ) as they use the word hearth, escharaboth, (ver. 4. and 5,) and place it about the middle of the altar, or where the feet supported the box or frame of the altar, which was almost a yard high. The hearth may therefore denote the bottom of the frame, where the grate was suspended by four rings.

Gill: Exo 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 holl...

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.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 27:5 Heb “to the half of the altar.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Exo 27:1-21 - --1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof.9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars.18 The measure of the court, ...

MHCC: Exo 27:1-8 - --In the court before the tabernacle, where the people attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests mus...

Matthew Henry: Exo 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...

Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 27:4-5 - -- The altar was to have מכבּר a grating , רשׂת מעשׂה net-work , i.e., a covering of brass made in the form of a net, of larger dimensi...

Constable: Exo 15:22--Lev 1:1 - --II. THE ADOPTION OF ISRAEL 15:22--40:38 The second major section of Exodus records the events associated with Go...

Constable: Exo 24:12--32:1 - --C. Directions regarding God's dwelling among His people 24:12-31:18 Having given directions clarifying I...

Constable: Exo 27:1-19 - --5. The tabernacle courtyard ch. 27:1-19 In this section Moses described the altar of burnt offer...

Constable: Exo 27:1-8 - --The altar of burnt offerings 27:1-8 The height of this altar was 5 feet. This height has...

Guzik: Exo 27:1-21 - --Exodus 27 - The Court of the Tabernacle A. The altar of burnt offering. 1. (1-2) The basic structure of the bronze altar. "You shall make an ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Exodus (Book Introduction) EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the i...

JFB: Exodus (Outline) INCREASE OF THE ISRAELITES. (Exo. 1:1-22) BIRTH AND PRESERVATION OF MOSES. (Exo 2:1-10) there went a man of the house of Levi, &c. Amram was the hus...

TSK: Exodus (Book Introduction) The title of this Book is derived from the Septuagint; in which it is called ΕΞΟΔΟΣ , " Exodus;" or, as it is in the Codex Alexandrinus, Ε...

TSK: Exodus 27 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Exo 27:1, The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof; Exo 27:9, The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars...

Poole: Exodus (Book Introduction) SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED EXODUS. THE ARGUMENT. AFTER the death of Joseph, who had sent for his father’ s house into Egypt, the children o...

Poole: Exodus 27 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 27 Of the brazen altar, Exo 27:1-8 . Of the court of the tabernacle, Exo 27:9-17 ; the length of it, Exo 27:18 . Of the lamps burning alway...

MHCC: Exodus (Book Introduction) The Book of Exodus relates the forming of the children of Israel into a church and a nation. We have hitherto seen true religion shown in domestic lif...

MHCC: Exodus 27 (Chapter Introduction) (Exo 27:1-8) The altar of burnt offerings. (Exo 27:9-19) The court of the tabernacle. (Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21) The oil for the lamps.

Matthew Henry: Exodus (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus Moses (the servant of the Lord in writing for him as well as ...

Matthew Henry: Exodus 27 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter directions are given, I. Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings (Exo 27:1-8). II. Concerning the court of the tabernacle...

Constable: Exodus (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Hebrew title of this book (we'elleh shemot) originated from the...

Constable: Exodus (Outline) Outline I. The liberation of Israel 1:1-15:21 A. God's preparation of Israel and Moses chs. ...

Constable: Exodus Exodus Bibliography Adams, Dwayne H. "The Building Program that Works (Exodus 25:4--36:7 [31:1-11])." Exegesis ...

Haydock: Exodus (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF EXODUS. INTRODUCTION. The second Book of Moses is called Exodus from the Greek word Exodos, which signifies going out; becaus...

Gill: Exodus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS This book is called by the Jews Veelleh Shemoth, from the first words with which it begins, and sometimes Sepher Shemoth, an...

Gill: Exodus 27 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27 This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Exo 27:1, of the court of the taber...

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