And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
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Gill's Exposition
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,.... Hence this altar is sometimes called the golden altar, Num 4:11 this may figure the deity of Christ, whose head is as the most fine gold, and is in the…
Exo 37:25-28; Exo 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exo 25:5, Exo 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely…
I. The orders given concerning the altar of incense are, 1. That it was to be made of wood, and covered with gold, pure gold, about a yard high and half a yard square, with horns at the corners, a…
Cambridge Bible
pure gold see on Exo 25:3. From being thus overlaid wholly (except at the bottom) with gold, it was also called the golden altar(Exo 39:38; Exo 40:5; Exo 40:26; Num 4:11).
sides Heb. walls: so of the…