And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
(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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
the ledge - theledge" (Exo 38:4 †) which such an altar would naturally have for the priests to stand upon: cf. the frequent use of the phrases to go up toand to come down froman altar in connexion…