Exodus 27

Exodus 27:1

7. The Bronze Altar of Burnt Offering (27:1-8)The altar of burnt offering, also known as the bronze altar, was made of acacia wood covered with bronze. It measured seven-and-a-half feet square and four-and-a-half feet high. Horns protruded from each of its four corners. It was carried by poles attached to the lower sides.

Exodus 27:9

8. The Outer Court, Pillars, and Screen (27:9-19)Surrounding the tabernacle itself was a large area known as the court. This was enclosed by woven linen . . . hangings stretched between bronze pillars. The enclosure measured 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 7.5 feet high. The gate at the east end was thirty feet wide. It had a screen of embroidered linen, similar to the curtains of the tabernacle. Unless otherwise designated, all the utensils of the tabernacle were to be made of bronze.

Exodus 27:20

9. The Anointing Oil (27:20, 21)Oil for the lampstand was to be pure oil of pressed olives, a symbol of the Holy Spirit. It was to burn continuallythat is, every evening, “from evening until morning.” The expression “the tabernacle of meeting” or “the tent of meeting” (NASB) is used here of the tent that would be God’s dwelling place, but it is used in Exo_33:7 of a provisional tent erected by Moses.