Exodus 28:7

28:7 It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together. ¹ 

Exodus 29:16

29:16 and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.

Exodus 29:31

29:31 “You are to take the ram of the consecration and cook ²  its meat in a holy place. ³ 

Exodus 37:13

37:13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were.

Exodus 38:4

38:4 He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

Exodus 39:4

39:4 They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.

Exodus 39:33

39:33 They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;

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¹ tn Here the Pual perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive provides the purpose clause (equal to a final imperfect); the form follows the use of the active participle, “attached” or more Heb “joining.”

² tn Or “boil” (see Lev 8:31).

³ sn The “holy place” must be in the courtyard of the sanctuary. Lev 8:31 says it is to be cooked at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Here it says it will be eaten there as well. This, then, becomes a communion sacrifice, a peace offering which was a shared meal. Eating a communal meal in a holy place was meant to signify that the worshipers and the priests were at peace with God.