“And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.”
Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar of burnt offering is the first object encountered in the tabernacle courtyard — the primary site of sacrifice. Its dimensions: five cubits square and three cubits high — approximately 7.5 feet square and 4.5 feet tall. The square base and significant height make it a substantial piece of outdoor liturgical furniture. The burnt offering altar is where the daily sacrifices, the Passover lambs, and the atonement offerings are brought. Hebrews 13:10 says we have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat — the altar of Exodus 27 is the type of the altar of Christ's sacrifice from which the church is fed.
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