“And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.”
Cross references: : Exod. 27:1
“And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.”
So that the gridiron or grate was half so high as the altar, and stood within it.
“And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. lookingglasses: or, brasen glasses assembling: Heb. assembling by troops”
R. Kimbi saith, that the women brought their looking glasses, which were of brass or fine metal, and offered them freely unto the use of the Tabernacle: which was a bright thing and of great majesty.
“This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.”
That the Levites might have the charge thereof, and minister in the same, as did Eleazar and Ithamar, Num. 3:4 .
“And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet , and fine linen.”
Or, a graver, or carpenter, Exod. 36:4 .
“And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.”
Read the weight of a talent, Exod. 25:39 .