The Altar of Burnt Offering
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. 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. 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. 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. And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.-Exodus 27:1-8***When the Lord God commanded Noah the ark builder to build an ark, there is no record in the divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible that reveal Noah was shown the pattern for the ark. Moses was an Israelite from the tribe of Levi, descended from Noah's son Shem, Shem's son Arphaxad, Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Moses was upon Mount Sinai with the Lord God for 40 days and nights, the Lord God described to Moses and showed Moses the likeness for the transportable tabernacle and other sacred items the Israelites were to make, including the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the mercy seat, the table for the showbread (shewbread), the Lampstand, and the altar of burnt offering. Bezaleel, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, was filled with the Spirit of God in wisdom, understanding and knowledge for the work. Aholiab was from the tribe of Dan, descended from Jacob and maidservant Bilhah, and their firstborn son Dan. Aholiab was established by the Lord God to help Bezaleel, and the Lord God gave several other wisehearted Israelites wisdom. Over 400 years after the sacred items were made, David was born into the tribe of Judah. Over a decade after David was born, the Lord God sent Samuel, the priest, prophet and judge from the tribe of Levi, to anoint David to reign as king. When David was 30 years old, he began to reign only over the tribe of Judah in the Promised Land. When David was 37 1/2 years old, he became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. After an enemy Jebusite fortress was captured, it became the City of David. David brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to the City of David and eventually wanted to build a permanent structure wherein to house the ark. The Lord God gave Nathan the prophet a message for David, revealing that David's son and successor would be the builder. Solomon, the 2nd son born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Before 70-year-old David died, David explained and described to Solomon the precise measurements for the temple and everything pertaining to the temple. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that David received the pattern by the Spirit of God and the hand of God upon him. Over 900 years after Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, became the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-14:31, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-20, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-12:16, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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And 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. And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.-Exodus 38:1-7
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