He set the altar for burnt offerings near the entrance to the holy tent, the tent of meeting. He sacrificed burnt offerings and grain offerings on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.
“ Build an altar out of acacia wood. It must be four feet six inches high and seven feet six inches square.Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners. The horns and the altar must be all one piece. Cover the altar with bronze.Make everything for the altar out of bronze. Make its pots to remove the ashes. Make its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and pans for carrying ashes.Make a bronze grate for the altar. Make a bronze ring for each of the four corners of the grate.Put the grate halfway up the altar on the inside.Make poles out of acacia wood for the altar. Cover them with bronze.Put the poles through the rings. They will be on two sides of the altar for carrying it.Make the altar out of boards. Leave it hollow. It must look just like what I showed you on the mountain.
All those things bring praise to his glorious grace. God freely gave us his grace because of the One he loves.We have been set free because of what Christ has done. Because he bled and died our sins have been forgiven. We have been set free because God’s grace is so rich.
The workers built the altar for burnt offerings out of acacia wood. It was four feet six inches high and seven feet six inches square.They made a horn stick out from each of its four upper corners. They covered the altar with bronze.They made all its tools out of bronze. They made its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and pans for carrying ashes.They made a bronze grate for the altar. They put the grate halfway up the altar on the inside.They made a bronze ring for each of the four corners of the grate.They made poles out of acacia wood. They covered them with bronze.They put the poles through the rings. The poles were on two sides of the altar for carrying it. The workers made the altar out of boards. They left it hollow.