And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.
God set up this altar so His people could meet Him in the court before the tabernacle, where common subjects bring their gifts and priests offer them to the Lord. Wood alone would burn away under divine fire; brass protects it, just as Christ's divine power upholds His human nature against the full weight of God's wrath for our sins.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 27:1-8
And the staves shall be put into the rings,.... Not into the rings of the grate, as Jarchi and others: though Dr. Lightfoot (f) thinks these came out of each corner through the altar frame, and hung out of the frame, and in these the staves being put, made the frame and the grate sure together, and so they were also carried together; but it...
Exo 27:6-8 The poles were to be made of acacia-wood, and covered with brass, and to be placed in the rings that were fixed in the two sides for the purpose of carrying the altar. The additional instructions in Exo 27:8, “hollow with tables shalt thou make it, as it was showed thee in the mount” (cf.
Commenting on Exodus 27:6-8