And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Don't wait to be settled before you worship God. A tabernacle in the wilderness is more needful than a palace later; our carcases may fall here, and we may be fixed in another world before we come to fix in this. Moses obeyed every particular in the order God appointed, repeating his obedience seven times over: not adding, not diminishing, not varying in the least punctilio.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 40:16-33
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar,.... Which consisted of hangings one hundred cubits long and fifty broad; see Exo 27:9, &c. and set up the hanging of the court gate; which was at the east end of it; and the hanging was of twenty cubits, hung upon four pillars, Exo 27:16.
The altar stood at distance from the tabernacle entrance, not close to it, with the laver between them to the side so the priests could wash without passing near the altar. The court was enclosed last, after everything was set in place. Notably, the sacrificial service began before these things were anointed, following naturally from the text itself.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 40:29-33