LIFE SCRIPTS

3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. 4 Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network. 5 Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar. 6 Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. 7 The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8 Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. 9 “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen, 10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11 The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 12 “The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. 13 On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide. 14 Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, 15 and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases.
Exodus 27:3‭-‬15 NIV

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The description of the ash pots and the entire courtyard area was specific. The bronze utensils were to be used in holding the ashes of the burnt offering. They were also to be used as a display in the altar. Again acacia wood was to be used together with bronze in this regard. Bronze again was to be the metal of choice when defining the boundaries of the courtyard where the altar was located. The courtyard was to be concealed using a fine linen fabric which was to span it’s length of 50 m and it’s width of 25 m. Silver hooks were also used with the brass poles which were arranged along the perimeter of the courtyard. Silver symbolized purity. The people of Israel would bring forth the person of Christ who’s our righteousness and purity. Bronze symbolized strength, durability and resilience. The people of Israel would dwell amidst enemy nations but God would protect them and watch over them. They would become a great and strong nation the way bronze is used to make strong and durable implements. But also, acacia would be used to symbolise their humanity, fallibility and weakness. God knew that His people were prone to sin and even made provisions for sacrifice and cleansing.