Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. The burnt offering altar is positioned at the entrance to the tabernacle — in the courtyard, at the threshold where sacrifice is made before approach. The worshipper who enters the courtyard encounters the altar first: before any approach to the sanctuary, sacrifice must be made. Hebrews 10:19–22 says we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus — the burnt offering altar that must be passed before entering is the type of the blood of Christ that makes approach possible.

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