Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Altar of shittim wood
Bible References
Altar of shittim wood
Exodus 20:24
You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause My Name to be recorded and remembered [through revelation of My divine nature] I will come to you and bless you.
Exodus 24:4
Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he got up early in the morning, and built an altar [for worship] at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars (memorial stones) representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus 38:1
Then Bezalel made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; its top was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
Exodus 40:10
You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.
2 Samuel 24:18
Then Gad [the prophet] came to David that day and said to him, “Go up, set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite [where you saw the angel].”
2 Chronicles 4:1
Then Solomon made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.
Ezekiel 43:13
“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar.
Hebrews 13:10
We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle (sacred tent) have no right to eat.