--- title: "Exodus 27 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Exodus 27 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be th" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/exodus/27" --- [ Read](/kjv/exodus/27)[ Commentary](/study/exodus/27)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/exodus/27) Audio 1 And thou shalt make an altar *of* shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof *shall be* three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make *of* brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network *of* brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves *of* shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make *it*.* 9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward *there shall be* hangings for the court *of* fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets *shall be of* brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets *shall be of* silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length *there shall be* hangings of an hundred *cubits* long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets *of* brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets *of* silver. 12 ¶ And *for* the breadth of the court on the west side *shall be* hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward *shall be* fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side *of the gate shall be* fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side *shall be* hangings fifteen *cubits:* their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 ¶ And for the gate of the court *shall be* an hanging of twenty cubits, *of* blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: *and* their pillars *shall be* four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars round about the court *shall be* filleted with silver; their hooks *shall be of* silver, and their sockets *of* brass. 18 ¶ The length of the court *shall be* an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits *of* fine twined linen, and their sockets *of* brass.* 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, *shall be of* brass. 20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.* 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which *is* before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: *it shall be* a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. [Exodus 26](/study/exodus/26) [Exodus 28](/study/exodus/28) ## Commentary To verse 1 ***[Exodus 27:1](/kjv/exodus/27/1)*****.*****And thou shalt make an altar of shittim-wood*****—** The *altar*for the common service of sacrifices is next described; which the use whereto it was appointed rendered necessary to be formed of baser and stronger materials than the *ark*and *table*before mentioned. Accordingly, though constructed of the same *wood*with them, it was to be *overlaid with brass,*and all the furniture about it was to be made of the same metal. It was to be *four-square, five cubits long, and five broad, and three cubits high; i.e*. about three yards square at the top, and about five feet in height, according to Bishop Cumberland's measure. There were to be *four horns at the four* *corners*of it, which were designed, it is supposed, for fastening the sacrifice to the altar before it was slain; an opinion, which the words of the Psalmist strongly confirm: *Bind the sacrifice with cords unto the horns of the altar,*[Psalms 118:27](/kjv/psalms/118/27). For the middle of it, *a grate of net-work of brass*was to be made; of the same square, I conceive, with the altar itself; which grate was to have *four rings*in the four corners of it, and which was to be inserted from *below*or *the bottom,*so as to fill up the whole *compass of the altar,*Exo 38:5 and to be placed in the *middle*of it; that is, two feet and a half from the top; the rings being outward at the four corners, and used for the purpose of carrying it, Exo 38:7 for, that there were no other rings to this altar than those which belonged to the *net-work,*is evident from ch. [Exodus 38:5](/kjv/exodus/38/5); [Exodus 38:7](/kjv/exodus/38/7). This *net-work,*according to my idea, filling up the whole compass of the altar, formed the bottom of that *grate*for the fire which the upper half of the altar contained. The 8th verse shews us, that the altar was, as we have described, *hollow;*and that it had nothing else in the middle but this *grate of net-work,*upon which the fire was made: and, understanding it in this form, the objections to its *portableness,*from the weight of brass, is removed; especially, if, with Calmet, we suppose it to have stood upon feet which reached half up to the grate of brass, with the four rings at each corner. Thus also, objections to its *height*are taken off, which, upon this plan, was very convenient. In short, we may easily conceive it as a large square stove, lined with thick brass, and with such a grate of brass for its bottom, as would be absolutely necessary for fire to burn in such a stove. This altar was to be furnished with *pans*(*to receive the ashes*falling through the *grate*of the altar, to which there was no other bottom,) and *shovels;*with *basons*to receive the blood of the sacrifices, Exo 27:3 *flesh-hooks*for taking off the pieces of the sacrifice from the fire, (see [1 Samuel 2:13-14](/kjv/1-samuel/2/13-14).) and *fire-pans,* i.e. *censers,*wherein the sacred incense was dissolved by the fire. The word is translated *censer*very properly, [Leviticus 10:1](/kjv/leviticus/10/1); Lev 16:12 in which last place, particularly, the use of it just mentioned is specified. See also [Numbers 16:17](/kjv/numbers/16/17). This altar, says Witsius, by the consentient voice of all orthodox divines, denotes Christ; so far as he sanctifies and renders acceptable to God, his own oblation of himself for the sins of the whole world: to this the apostle is thought to allude, [Hebrews 13:10](/kjv/hebrews/13/10). The *horns,*the place of refuge for the guilty, 1Ki 1:50 denote *his*strength and all-sufficiency, who is *the Horn of our salvation,*[2 Samuel 22:3](/kjv/2-samuel/22/3).[Luke 1:69](/kjv/luke/1/69); [Luke 1:69](/kjv/luke/1/69). **REFLECTIONS.—**The brazen altar is here described, on which all the offerings of the children of Israel are to be offered, and there accepted as a sweet-smelling favour. It was the type of Christ, who is both altar and sacrifice; and who by one oblation of himself once offered, has obtained eternal redemption for us. Our sacrifices of prayer and praise are acceptable only as offered up through him, who is the true Altar which sanctifieth the gift. 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