1  AND thou shalt make an altar [ There will eventually be two altars, this will be the outer one. What was the first thing that Adam did after leaving the garden? Built and aktar. Why? Even he said he did not know other than he was commanded, then so he showed obedience to God, and the angel taught him that it was a similiture for the sacrifice of the Savior. That it would be the Savior that would mark the path and lead the way for Adam to return again to the garden and be able to partake of the other fruit ( the tree of life ) and live forever. ] of shittim wood, five cubits long, [ 7.5 feet. ] and five cubits broad; [ Again a perfect square. ] the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. [ 4.5 feet in height. The perfect height for the work that was to be done upon it, about chest height. ]

2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: [ So on each corner there is to he a horn extending upward on the sacrificial altar. Horns are symbolic for power and authority. They are used by animals to defend their territory, to show supremacy and dominance. Christ is the lamb of God but is also the ram of God with power and authority. So this altar suggests that that the sacrifice is done and given to one with power and authority. One who could take it for himself if he wanted but that is not the point, it is our exercise of faith to him. ] his horns shall be of the same: [ So it should be a part of the altar just like the cherubim where part of the lid of the ark of the covenant and the candlestick was all one thing. ] and thou shalt overlay it with brass. [ Made of acacia wood, and overlaid with brass. ]

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. [ This is a work place of the priest preparing and administering the offerring. Brass will hold the wear and has a higher melting point that Gold, hence the tools here will do better as brass than gold. ]

4  And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [ Or a grate that has holes that allow some parts to pass through. ] of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, [ Moses has seen it now here are the details for its construction. ] so shall they make it.

9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: [ Interesting that God has defined these places in what usually would be reverse order for us. Usually we define thing good better best. However; God who sees all things from the beginning to the end defines things as best (Holy of Holies, then Holy place and now the courtyard.) ] for the south side southward [ On the left. Done to carve out the sacred space. It is a place different from the world, it is a place of beauty, more beauty than outside the walls. ] there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

12 ¶ And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 ¶ And for the gate of the court [ The place, how and where we begin this sacred journey. ] shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: [ Made with the same symbolism and detail that the tabernacle itself was made with and the vail as well. ] and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 ¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, [ Same proportions as the Ark of the covenant. ] and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten [ Crushed, derived under extreme pressure, grinding. Gethsemane ( means olive press) was the place where the light of the world was crushed, but in that atoning process he gives light to those who are otherwise trapped in darkness without him. ] for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. [ Even though the olive is put through extreme beating and crushing, it can still be used for good. It is the pure olive oil that is used to light the lamp. After the crushing it is the light of the, or the light into the world. ]

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.