The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
This is the table that is before the Lord - the altar of incense (Ezekiel 44:16); at it, not at the table of showbread, the priests daily ministered. It stood in front of the vail and is therefore said to be "before the Lord." It is called a table, as being that at which the Lord will take delight in His people, as at a feast. Hence, its dimensions are larger than that of old: three cubits high and two broad, instead of two cubits high and one broad. It is not to be confounded with the eight "tables" outside at the north gate, which are to be altars for sacrifice of the burnt offering and sin offering (Ezekiel 40:39).