And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.
Ver. 20. Twenty cubits in length.] So that it was every way square.
Overlaid it with pure gold.] Heb., With gold shut up; so called, haply, because men used to hoard up the best gold, and keep it close prisoner, as it were.
And so covered the altar.] Which being wood within, and gold without, shadowed out Christ - the true altar Heb 13:10 - in his twofold nature, human and divine.