The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits,.... This was the altar of incense, and was typical of Christ in his intercession and mediation. It was made of "wood"; that…
Barnes' Notes
The altar of wood - The altar for incense (marginal reference); “altar of gold” (see 1Ki 7:48). Walls - The corner pieces of the altar, rising into projections called in Exodus horns, here corners.…
Adam Clarke
The altar of wood - This was the altar of incense, and was covered with plates of gold.
Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Eze 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Eze 41:13) with the…
Cambridge Bible
The altar was 3 cubits high and 2 long. LXX. adds that it was 2 broad.
the length thereof… of wood and the base thereof, a simple emendation, after LXX., cf. Exo 26:19 seq. The altar had corners,…
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