Treasury of Scripture
horns of it upon the four corners thereof. The horns might have been designed not only for ornament, but to prevent the sacrifices from falling off, and to tie the victim to, previous to its being sacrificed.
Exodus 29:12 And you shall take of the blood of the bullock, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger...
Leviticus 4:7,18,25 And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD...
Leviticus 8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar...
Leviticus 16:18 And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock...
1 Kings 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1 Kings 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom...
Psalm 118:27 God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation...
overlay it was brass
Numbers 16:38,39 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar...
1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings...