Bronze altar of burnt offering in the tabernacle court.
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The bronze altar is the altar of burnt offering standing in the tabernacle court, commanded at as a square structure of acacia wood (Exodus 27:1) and made by with bronze from the wave offering (Exodus 38:1, 30). It is the place of Israel's blood sacrifice: the remaining blood of the sin offerings is poured out at its base (Leviticus 4:7), and at 's ordination fire comes out from before and consumes the burnt offering on it (Leviticus 9:24). In 's day it remains with the tabernacle at the high place of , where seeks counsel before building the temple (1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:5-6). At the temple's dedication the bronze altar proves too small to receive all the offerings (1 Kings 8:64; 2 Chronicles 7:7). later displaces it in favor of an altar copied from Damascus, reserving the bronze altar 'to inquire by' (2 Kings 16:14-15), and 's priests cleanse it during his restoration of the temple (2 Chronicles 29:18). In 's vision of judgment, the six executioners take their stand beside the bronze altar (Ezekiel 9:2).
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