altar

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This is a model of a stone altar. It is not part of the Tabernacle. It is an example of one of the other displays at this facility and represents altars described in the Old Testament.

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This is the brass covered altar of burnt offering just inside the entrance of the tabernacle.

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This is a model of a stone altar. It has four "horns" on the corners on which blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled.

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This altar is at a pagan temple in the city of Rome.

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The altar is at Dan. This was a pagan altar set up during the days of the divided kingdom. Dan is in the extreme north of the Galilee just on the border of Lebanon. The metal stand shows where the altar was. Scripture: 1 Kings 12

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This is an Old Testament altar. The high points of the four corners are called "horns" and the blood of the sacrificed animal was sprinkled on them.