Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 27: 1-8
MEDITATION
Exodus 27: 1-8
1“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.
2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.
4 You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.
6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.
8 You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The Altar
a. It was like a square box.
b. It was 2.5 metres on each side.
c. It was 1.5 metres deep.
2. Four horns
a. To represent “all directions” (North, South, East and West).
b. Horns were seen as symbols of power.
c. The whole altar would be overlaid with bronze (to withstand heat).
3. Utensils
a. Pans
b. Shovels
c. Forks
d. Firepans
e. All to be made of bronze.
4. Poles for the altar
a. Poles of acacia wood.
b. Overlaid with bronze.
5. The pattern
This had been shown to Moses on the Mountain (Exodus 24:15-18).
6. The significance of the Altar
a. This was where all offerings were made to God.
b. There was the shedding of blood of an animal.
c. The blood represented an atonement had been made.
d. Sin is to be atoned for by the shedding of blood.
经文：出埃及记 27：1－8
沉思
《出埃及记 27：1－8》
1 “你要用皂荚木做坛。这坛要四方的，长五肘，宽五肘，高三肘。 2 要在坛的四拐角上做四个角，与坛接连一块，用铜把坛包裹。
3 要做盆，收去坛上的灰，又做铲子、盘子、肉叉子、火鼎，坛上一切的器具都用铜做。
4 要为坛做一个铜网，在网的四角上做四个铜环，
5 把网安在坛四面的围腰板以下，使网从下达到坛的半腰。
6 又要用皂荚木为坛做杠，用铜包裹。
7 这杠要穿在坛两旁的环子内，用以抬坛。8 要用板做坛，坛是空的，都照着在山上指示你的样式做。