ALTAR (of incense): this was also made
of precious wood, overlaid with gold,
Exod. 30:1-9: it was about twenty-two
inches square, and three feet eight inches
in height. Our engraving represent the
probable form of it, with the high-priest
officiating.
Both of these altars prefigured the
work of redemption by Jesus Christ; the
altar of burnt offering denoted the sacri-
fice of His death, and the altar of incense
His sacerdotal prevailing intercession in
Heaven, Heb. 9.