(mizbeaj / altar )

Una plataforma, un puente, un muro apilado, que sirve de

herramienta, de instrumento, de arma intercesora, para ofrecer
sacrificios por la multitud de transgresiones o de ofrendas a D-os por
parte de la casa de Israel y conseguir una conexin entre el reino de
los cielos y el reino de la tierra.
Alex Oc 13-9-2014
Un Lugar apilado donde es sacrificado una vctima inocente para el
perdn de las multitudes

mizbeach: an altar
Original Word:

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Transliteration: mizbeach
Phonetic Spelling: (miz-bay'-akh)
Short Definition: altar
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from zabach
Definition
an altar
NASB Translation
altar (349), altars (52).
Brown-Driver-Briggs



noun masculineJoshua 22:10 altar (Arabic

401

,place

of slaughter, trench made by torrent, Sabean

DHMEpigr.
Denkm. 24
); absolute 2 Kings 18:22 223t.,


Exodus
29:1331t.; construct

Exodus 20:24 76t.,
suffix

Exodus 20:267t., 1

Kings 8:31 3t.,

Deuteronomy 33:10;

Judges 6:31 2t.;
plural
Numbers 23:1 5t., 2

Kings 21:3 23t.,
suffix


Psalm 84:4, other suffixes 21 t.;
1 J E narrate that altars were built by Noah after leaving the
ark Genesis 8:20; by Abraham at Shechem Genesis 12:7,
Bethel Genesis 12:8, Hebron Genesis 13:18, mountain in
land Moriah Genesis 22:9; by Issac at Beersheba Genesis
26:25; by Jacob at Shechem Genesis 33:20 (yet this
perhaps mistake for

, being object of , n
, not
elsewhere with , compare also Di), at Bethel Genesis
35:7, by Moses at Rephidim Exodus 17:15, Horeb Exodus
24:4, by Balak at Bamoth Baal, Pisgah, & Peor Numbers
23:1,14,29; by Joshua on Mt. Ebal Joshua 8:30: the
prophetic histories narrate that altars were built by Gideon
at Ophra Judges 6:24; by a man of God at Bethel Judges
21:4; by Samuel at Ramah 1 Samuel 7:17; by Saul after
Michmash 1 Samuel 14:35; by David on the threshing floor
of Ornan 2 Samuel 24:25 = 1 Chronicles 21:18; 1 Chronicles
22:1; that Solomon sacrificed on the altar at Gibeon 1 Kings
3:4 and built altars in the temple at Jerusalem 1 Kings
6:20; 1 Kings 8:64; that Jeroboam built an altar at Bethel 1
Kings 12:32(which was destroyed by Josiah 2 Kings 23:15);
and that Elijah repaired an ancient altar on Carmel 1 Kings
18:30. An altar in Egypt is predictedIsaiah 19:19. All this
accords with the law of the Covenant code Exodus 20:2426 which recognises a plurality of altars and prescribes that
they shall be built of

, or of unhewn stones, and
without steps. So , n

Deuteronomy 27:6 (JE),
, n

Joshua 8:31, and twelve stones 1 Kings 18:30,32;

compare Isaiah 27:9. The altar was also a place of

refuge Exodus 21:24 (JE) 1 Kings 1:50,51; 1 Kings 2:28.
2 D prescribes one central altar Deuteronomy 12:5f. 27; but
no attempt to enforce this principle appears before
Hezekiah(2Kings 18:4,22), and Josiah, whose reform is more
effectual, 2 Kings 23:8-20.
3 P limits sacrifices to the altars of the tabernacle. A
great altar was built east of the Jordan, but it was according
to P only as an
after the pattern of the altar before the
Tabernacle Joshua 22:10-34. P describes two altars:
a. the



Exodus 30:28; Exodus 31:9; Exodus
35:16;Exodus 38:1; Exodus 40:6,10,29; Leviticus 4:7,10,25
(twice in verse);Leviticus 4:30,34 =

Exodus
38:30; Exodus 39:39, made of acacia wood plated with
brass, 5*5*3 cubits in size, with four horns and a network of
brass, on which all sacrifices by fire were made Exodus
27:1; Exodus 8; Exodus 38:1-7;
b.




made of acacia wood plated with gold,
1*1*2 cubits in size, with four horns and a crown of
gold Exodus 30:1-6 = Exodus 30:27; Exodus
31:8; Exodus 35:15; Exodus 37:25 = Exodus
39:38; Exodus 40:5,26; Numbers 4:11 =
, n


Leviticus 4:7; these altars are named elsewhere
only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 6:34; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1
Chronicles 21:29; 2Chronicles 1:5,6.
4 Solomon made two altars for the temple at
Jerusalem:
a.

for the court 1 Kings 8:64 (which was laid aside
by Ahaz 2 Kings 16:14,15, who made an altar after the
model of one he saw in Damascus 2 Kings 16:11); in 2 Kings
16:14



( construct form with article) is erroneous,
read probably

compare Ges 127. 4 a near the end; this
altar, according to Chronicles, measured 20*20*10 cubits 2
Chronicles 4:1; this )(also 2 Chronicles 7:7

& Ezekiel 9:2; = 2 Chronicles 29:18, repaired by Asa

2 Chronicles 15:8;
b. an altar of cedar, plated with gold, in the temple
before the 1
Kings 6:20,22; 1 Kings 7:48; =
2Chronicles 4:19; = 1


Chronicles 28:18;
2Chronicles 26:16.
5 Ezekiel plans two altars for the new temple:
a. a table of wood 3*2 cubits Ezekiel 41:22;
b. an altar for the court, probably same dimensions
as 4a, with stairs Ezekiel 43:13-17.
6 after the return Jeshua built an altar on the ancient
site in the court of the temple Ezra 3:2.
7 besides these altars used in the worship of
Yahweh, Ahab built an altar to Baal in Samaria 1 Kings
16:32; Ahaz made an altar on the roof of the upper
chamber, and other kings of Judah made altars in the two
courts, all of which were destroyed by Josiah 2 Kings 23:12.
8 the ancient and most common term for making
altars was
Genesis 35:7 (E) Genesis
8:20 (J) Deuteronomy 27:5,6; Exodus 32:5 (JE) +, implying
building material; other verbs are 2 , n

Samuel 24:18; 1
Kings 16:32; 2 Kings 21:3; 1 Chronicles 21:18; 2Chronicles
33:3;

Ezra 3:3 (followed by

;) , n Jeremiah
11:13; Genesis 33:20 (but compare
1); Numbers 23:4 (E)
has
arrange, prepare;
Genesis 35:1,3; Exodus
20:24 (E) Genesis 13:4 (J) Judg 22:28; 1 Kings 12:33; 1
Kings 18:26; this becomes usual in P, Exodus 27:1; Exodus
30:1;Exodus 37:25; Exodus 38:1,30, Songs 2 Chronicles
4:1,19; 7:7; 28:24.

9 the dedication of the altar was

Numbers
7:10,11,84,88; 2Chronicles 7:9; it was anointed with
oil
Exodus 40:10; Leviticus 8:11; Numbers 7:10 (all P).
10 removal of unlawful altars is expressed
by E
Exodus 34:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:5; Judges
2:2; Judges 6:30,31,32; 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Kings
23:12,15; E
( Pi) Deuteronomy 12:3; 2Chronicles 31:1;
34:4,7; E
Judges 6:28;

Judges 6:25; 1 Kings
19:10,14; 2
Chronicles 23:17>; 2

Kings
18:22 =Isaiah 36:7; 2Chron 14:2; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 32:12;
33:15.
11 ministry at the altar was




Numbers
18:5;Ezekiel 40:46, compare Numbers 3:31 (P),


Joel 1:13;


is said of officiating priest 1 Kings
13:1,


Exodus 20:26; 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Kings 12:33 +
(compare
Leviticus 9:22); sacrifices were usually
offered



Genesis 22:9;Deuteronomy 12:27 +; see
especially the phrases with
Exodus 29:16,20 +
(see ;)


Leviticus 4:10 (see Hiph`il);

Leviticus 6:3 + (see

Hiph`il)

Genesis
Nehemiah 10:35; but
8:20 (J)Numbers 23:2,4,14,30 (E); one touching the altar
is

Exodus 29:37 (P); of placing, or

standing before altarDeuteronomy 26:4; 1 Kings 8:22; as
accusative of location


in phrases especially with

Exodus 29:13 +, and

Leviticus 14:20.

12 the horns of the altar were especially for the
application of the blood of the sin-offering in the
ritual; sin is represented as graven


, n



Jeremiah 17:1; therefore of blood for cleansing it
was said
Exodus 29:12; Leviticus
4:7,18,25,30,34; Leviticus 8:15;Leviticus 9:9; Leviticus
16:18 (all P). An ancient custom is referred to,Psalm
118:27



bind the festal victim
, n

with cords, unto the horns of the altar: Ainsworth

paraphrases: 'that is, all the court over, untill you come
even to the hornes of the altar, intending hereby many
sacrifices,' so De; but Che 'bind the procession with
branches, (step on) to the altar-horns,' that is in sacred
procession round the altar.
13 the ( q. v.) is also referred to in the ritual of the sinofferings in the phrases
Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus
9:9 & Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7,18,25,30,34
(all P)

Leviticus 5:9.
14 the altar was , n
Exodus 29:37; Exodus
40:10(P); but repeated sin-offerings were necessary to keep
it pure and cleanse it from the pollution of the people in
whose midst it was situated. This is expressed
by

Leviticus 8:15 (P) Ezekiel 43:22;
Leviticus
16:20,33 (P) Ezekiel 43:26;
Exodus 29:44; Exodus
40:10; Leviticus 8:15; Numbers 7:1 (P); 2

Chronicles
29:18.

see below .