The Altar of Burnt-Offering
42 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
29 sections
- A Net-Working Grate of Brass Placed In
- A Type of Christ
- Ahaz Removed and Profaned
- All Gifts to be Presented At
- All Its Vessels of Brass
- All Sacrifices to be offered On
- Anointed and Sanctified with Holy Oil
- Called: The Altar of God
- Called: The Altar of the Lord
- Called: The Brazen Altar
- Cleansed and Purified with Blood
- Covered with Brass
- Dimensions of
- Furnished with Rings and Staves
- Horns on the Corners of
- Made After a Divine Pattern
- Nothing Polluted or Defective to be offered On
- Offering at the Dedication of
- Placed in the Court Before the Door of the Tabernacle
- Sacrifices Bound to the Horns of
- Sanctified by God
- Sanctified Whatever Touched It
- The Blood of Sacrifices Put on the Horns and Poured at The
- The Fire Upon was Continually Burning
- The Fire Upon: Came from Before the Lord
- The Fire Upon: Consumed the Sacrifices
- The Jews Condemned for Swearing Lightly By
- The Priests: Alone to Serve
- The Priests: Derived Support From
A Net-Working Grate of Brass Placed In
- Exodus 27:4–5 Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh. …
- Exodus 38:4 He made a grate of bronze mesh for the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.
A Type of Christ
- Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Ahaz Removed and Profaned
- 2 Kings 16:10–16 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. …
All Gifts to be Presented At
- Matthew 5:23–24 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, …
All Its Vessels of Brass
- Exodus 27:3 Make all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- Exodus 38:3 He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze — its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
All Sacrifices to be offered On
- Exodus 29:38–42 This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. …
- Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Anointed and Sanctified with Holy Oil
- Exodus 40:10 Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- Leviticus 8:10–11 Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them. …
Called: The Altar of God
- Psalm 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
Called: The Altar of the Lord
- Malachi 2:13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.
Called: The Brazen Altar
- Exodus 39:39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
- 1 Kings 8:64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before …
Cleansed and Purified with Blood
- Exodus 29:36–37 Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. …
Covered with Brass
- Exodus 27:2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
Dimensions of
- Exodus 27:1 “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- Exodus 38:1 Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
Furnished with Rings and Staves
- Exodus 27:6–7 Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. …
- Exodus 38:5–7 At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles. …
Horns on the Corners of
- Exodus 27:2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Exodus 38:2 He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
Made After a Divine Pattern
- Exodus 27:8 Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
Nothing Polluted or Defective to be offered On
- Leviticus 22:22 You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
- Malachi 1:7–8 By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible. …
Offering at the Dedication of
- Numbers 7:1–89 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. …
Placed in the Court Before the Door of the Tabernacle
- Exodus 40:6 Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:29 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.
Sacrifices Bound to the Horns of
- Psalm 118:27 The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Sanctified by God
- Exodus 29:44 So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
Sanctified Whatever Touched It
- Exodus 29:37 For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
The Blood of Sacrifices Put on the Horns and Poured at The
- Exodus 29:12 Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt …
- Leviticus 4:18 He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:25 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 8:15 Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that …
The Fire Upon was Continually Burning
- Leviticus 6:13 The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
The Fire Upon: Came from Before the Lord
- Leviticus 9:24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
The Fire Upon: Consumed the Sacrifices
- Leviticus 1:8–9 Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar. …
The Jews Condemned for Swearing Lightly By
- Matthew 23:18–19 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ …
The Priests: Alone to Serve
- Numbers 18:3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
- Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any …
The Priests: Derived Support From
- 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.