In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Ver. 19. In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord.] A spiritual altar for spiritual sacrifices. as Isa 19:20 Heb 13:10 Onias, the Jewish priest, who hereupon went and built an altar at Heliopolis in Egypt, and sacrificed to God there, was as much mistaken as the Anabaptists of Germany were in their Munster, which they termed New Jerusalem, and acted accordingly, sending forth apostles, casting out orthodox ministers, &c.
And a pillar in the border thereof.] That is, saith one, the gospels and writings of the apostles, that pillar and ground of truth, or a public confession of the Christian, faith. Rom 10:9 An allusion to Joshua 22:10; Joshua 22:25. See Zechariah 14:9; Zechariah 14:20,21 .