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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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 40:6And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
- Rom 3:24–26Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- Exod 29:38–46Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
- Exod 38:1–7And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
- Exod 27:1–8And 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.
- Heb 9:12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
- Heb 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
- Heb 13:5–6Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- Matt 23:19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth 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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