He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- BSB He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- NKJV And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- NASB And he set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- NLT and he placed the altar of burnt offering near the Tabernacle entrance. On it he offered a burnt offering and a grain offering, just as the Lord had commanded him.
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Quick answer
Moses set the bronze altar at the tabernacle entrance and offered the burnt and meal offerings on it. Atoning sacrifice stood at the very gateway to God.
Overview
The altar of burnt offering was placed in the courtyard at the entrance, the first thing encountered by any worshiper approaching God. There Moses offered the burnt and grain offerings, signaling that sacrifice was the necessary means of approach. This sacrificial system pointed forward to Christ, whose once-for-all offering provides true atonement and access to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Exod 40:6“You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
- Rom 3:24–26being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
- Exod 29:38–46“Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
- Exod 38:1–7He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Exod 27:1–8“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits.
- Heb 9:12nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.
- Heb 13:10We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
- Heb 13:5–6Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
- Matt 23:19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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