Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. The altar's carrying poles follow the same pattern as the ark and table: acacia wood overlaid with the appropriate metal. For the outer altar, the metal is bronze — consistent with the courtyard's material vocabulary. The bronze poles for the bronze altar continue the design principle that the carrying mechanism participates in the holiness of what it carries. The altar that bears the sacrifices of Israel is itself carried by poles that share its material — the means of the altar's movement is as honored as the altar's purpose.

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