They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, and attached it to a ledge halfway up the altar. The bronze grating that sits inside the altar — exactly as Exodus 27:4–5 specified — creates the shelf where the sacrifice rests above the ash. The halfway placement means the fire burns above the grating while the ash falls below for easier removal. The engineering solution that makes the altar's daily operation sustainable: the altar that must receive twice-daily sacrifices for forty years requires a design that can be maintained without constant shutdown.

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