And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves.
and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate--places for bars;
And he cast four rings for the four corners of the grating of copper, as receptacles for the staves.
Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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On this all their sacrifices were offered, and it was this which, being sanctified itself for this purpose by the divine appointment, sanctified the gift that was in faith offered on it. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches1
Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
The walk3
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Exodus 27:4Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
leads to
the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
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