The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
Christ is our altar, and these measurements show how His sacrifice sanctifies all our service. The benches where priests stood and handed offerings upward teach us a profound truth: in God's work we must assist one another, each dependent on the next, all moving toward the One who takes away sin.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 43:13-27
Twelve cubits square in every direction. The foursquare shape marks the vastness of Christ's sacrifice, its perfection and permanence. His doctrine, embraced by the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes, removes the sin of His people once and for all.
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square in the four squares--square on the four sides of its squares [FAIRBAIRN].