◄ Exodus 27:2 ►
And you shall make the horns of it on the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and you shall overlay it with brass.
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horns of it upon the four corners thereof. The horns might have been designed not only for ornament, but to prevent the sacrifices from falling off, and to tie the victim to, previous to its being sacrificed.

Exodus 29:12 And you shall take of the blood of the bullock, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger...

Leviticus 4:7,18,25 And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD...

Leviticus 8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar...

Leviticus 16:18 And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock...

1 Kings 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom...

Psalm 118:27 God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation...

overlay it was brass

Numbers 16:38,39 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar...

1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings...



Context
The Bronze Altar

1And you shall 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. 2And you shall make the horns of it on the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and you shall overlay it with brass. 3And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his meat hooks, and his fire pans: all the vessels thereof you shall make of brass. 4And you shall make for it a grate of network of brass; and on the net shall you make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5And you shall put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the middle of the altar. 6And you shall make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be on the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8Hollow with boards shall you make it: as it was showed you in the mount, so shall they make it.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof; its horns shall be of itself; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.

King James Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it with brass.

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