1.
Wherever the word “brass” is employed in Scripture it should
be “copper.” Brass is an alloy and not so fire-resistant as copper, a pure
metal. Keeping this in mind, we purpose employing the phraseology employed in
our Authorized Version and speak of “the brazen altar,” “the brazen laver,”
etc. Brass then is typical of atonement in the aspect of the judgment of God
being sustained, and man’s responsibility being met.[i]
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