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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
altar: John 4:24
burnt: Leviticus 1:1-17, Leviticus 3:1-17
in all places: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:21, Deuteronomy 14:23, Deuteronomy 16:5, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 26:2, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:43, 1 Kings 9:3, 2 Chronicles 6:6, 2 Chronicles 7:16, 2 Chronicles 12:13, Ezra 6:12, Nehemiah 1:9, Psalms 74:7, Psalms 76:2, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Jeremiah 7:10-12, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20, John 4:20-23, 1 Timothy 2:8
will bless thee: Genesis 12:2, Numbers 6:24-27, Deuteronomy 7:13, 2 Samuel 6:12, Psalms 128:5, Psalms 134:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 8:20 - builded Exodus 24:4 - and builded Exodus 25:22 - and I will Exodus 27:1 - altar of shittim wood Exodus 38:1 - the altar Numbers 23:1 - seven altars Deuteronomy 32:3 - Because Joshua 8:31 - altar Judges 21:4 - built there 1 Samuel 6:14 - offered 1 Kings 14:21 - to put his name 1 Kings 18:32 - And with 2 Kings 21:4 - In Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 13:6 - whose name 1 Chronicles 21:26 - built there 2 Chronicles 6:5 - my name 2 Chronicles 20:9 - thy name Ezra 3:2 - as it is written Psalms 122:2 - General Song of Solomon 4:6 - the mountain Isaiah 64:5 - meetest Isaiah 65:3 - altars
Gill's Notes on the Bible
An altar of earth thou shall make unto me,.... This was a temporary precept, and only in force until the tabernacle was built, and respects occasional altars, erected while on their travels, and were to be made of turfs of earth, and so easily and quickly thrown up, as their case and circumstances required, and as easily thrown down, as it was proper they should, after they had no more use for them, lest they should be abused to superstitious uses; for afterwards the altar for burnt offerings was made of Shittim wood covered with brass, and that in the temple was wholly a brazen one, Exodus 27:1 this precept seems to suggest the plainness and simplicity in which God would be worshipped, in opposition to the pomp and gaudy show of idolaters intimated in the preceding verse; though Tertullian t relates of the Romans in the times of Numa Pomptitus, that they had neither images, nor temples, nor capitols, only altars made of turfs of earth hastily thrown up; and this altar of earth might be, as Ainsworth observes, a figure of the earthly or human nature of Christ, who is the altar, whereof believers in him have a right to eat, Hebrews 13:10
and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; which were the creatures offered in the said sacrifices, as also in the sin offerings and trespass offerings, which, though not mentioned, are included:
in all places where I record my name; or, "cause it to be mentioned", or "remembered" u; where he manifested himself, displayed the glory of his nature and perfection; or, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, caused his Shechinah or divine Majesty to dwell, or gave any intimations of his presence, as at the altar now erected to him, and at the sacrifices offered up thereon, and afterwards in the tabernacle, between the cherubim over the mercy seat, and ark of the testimony; which was removed to various places before the temple was built at Jerusalem, where he took up his residence, and his name was called upon, made mention of, and recorded for many generations: but that being destroyed and worship there at an end, men may now worship God in any place, so be it they do it in spirit and in truth; and wherever the name of God is truly called upon, and the glory of his divine perfection, as displayed in the salvation of sinners by Christ, is set forth, and Christ and him crucified is preached; and mention is made of his name as the only one in which salvation is; of his glorious person and offices, of his righteousness, blood, and sacrifice, for justification, remission of sins, and atonement; and his ordinances are administered, which are memorials of his love and grace; there Jehovah grants his presence:
I will come unto thee: not locally or by change of place, nor by his omnipresence merely, so he is everywhere; nor in any visible way, but in a spiritual manner, by the communications of his grace and favour, see John 14:21, and I will bless thee; with his presence, than which nothing is more desirable and delightful; with the supplies of his grace, with peace and pardon, with a justifying righteousness, with a right and title to eternal life, with enlarged views of these blessings and of interest in them.
t Apologet. c. 25. u אזכיר את שמי "memorare faciam nomen meum", Pagninus, Montanus; "ubi recordari faciam nomen meum, seu ubi faciam ut recordemini nominis mei", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the building of altars must have been old and accepted, and are not inconsistent with the directions for the construction of the altar of the court of the tabernacle, Exodus 27:1-8 (compare Joshua 22:26-28).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 20:24. Thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings — The law concerning which was shortly to be given, though sacrifices of this kind were in use from the days of Abel.
In all places where I record my name — Wherever I am worshipped, whether in the open wilderness, at the tabernacle, in the temple, the synagogues, or elsewhere, I will come unto thee and bless thee. These words are precisely the same in signification with those of our Lord, Matthew 18:20: For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. And as it was JESUS who was the angel that spoke to them in the wilderness, Acts 7:38, from the same mouth this promise in the law and that in the Gospel proceeded.