Ezekiel 41:22

“The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits, &c.] This was the altar of incense, and was typical of Christ in his intercession and mediation. It was made of “wood”; that in the tabernacle of Moses was of shittim wood, a kind of cedar; and that in Solomon’s temple was of cedar, (<023001>Exodus 30:1 <110620>1 Kings 6:20) and may signify the human nature of Christ, in which he mediates and intercedes; which is excellent as the cedars: fair and beautiful, strong, durable, and incorruptible: though its original is of the earth, as wood: or was made of a woman; of the earth, earthly; but produced without sin. This altar, both in the tabernacle and temple, was covered…”

“table . . . before the Lord--the altar of incense (Eze 44:16). At it, not at the table of showbread, the priests daily ministered. It stood in front of the veil, 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, two broad, instead of two and one.”

“The altar of wood - The altar for incense (marginal reference); “altar of gold” (see 1 Kings 7:48). Walls - The corner pieces of the altar, rising into projections called in Exodus horns, here corners. Table - “table and altar” were convertible terms Malachi 1:7. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The altar - Of incense. The corners - The horns framed out of the four posts at each angle on the top of the altar. The walls - The sides. Before the Lord - In the temple, not in the holy of holies. Ezekiel 41:23”

“41:22 The only piece of furniture was an altar made of wood, the table that stands in the Lord’s presence. This is presumably where the bread of the presence was daily laid out by the priests before the Lord (Exod 25:30). The description of this table as an altar highlights the focus on sacrifice in Ezekiel’s Temple.”

“altar: This must signify the altar of incense; which, both in the tabernacle and Solomon's temple, was covered with plates of gold. It is very remarkable, that in this temple described by Ezekiel, there is not the least mention of gold or silver, though there was such a profusion of these metals in the former; which may probably imply, that a glory of a more spiritual nature was intended under these emblems. Exo 30:1-3; Kg1 6:20, Kg1 6:22, Kg1 7:48; Ch2 4:19; Rev 8:3 This is: Eze 23:41, Eze 44:16; Exo 25:28-30; Lev 24:6; Pro 9:2; Sol 1:12; Mal 1:7, Mal 1:12; Co1 10:21; Rev 3:20 before: Exo 30:8 Ezekiel 41:23”

“The Altar of Burnt-Offering in the holy place (see Plate III n). "The abrupt style of writing is still continued." The altar wood for the altar was of wood three cubits high; its length, i.e., the expanse of the wall from one corner to the other, was two cubits; the breadth (thickness), which is not expressly mentioned, was the same, because the square form is presupposed from the shape of this altar in the tabernacle and Solomon's temple. Under the term מקצעותיו, its corner-pieces, the horns projecting at the corners, or the horn-shaped points, are probably included, as the simple mention of the corners appears superfluous, and the horns, which were symbolically significant features in the…”