Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. The four horns at the four corners of the altar are integral — one piece with the altar, not attached. The horns were the focal point of the sacrificial ritual: blood from atonement offerings was applied to the horns (Leviticus 4:7, 18, 25, 30). The horns were also the point of refuge: 1 Kings 1:50–51 records Adonijah fleeing to the altar and taking hold of the horns. Revelation 9:13 describes a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar — the four horns of the tabernacle altar recur in the eschatological vision. The horns of the altar where atonement blood is applied are the horns from which the final judgment voice proceeds.

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