Exodus 27:2
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Cross-references
Exodus 29:12 uses the horns of the altar (made in 27:2) for blood application during consecration — direct functional link.
In Exodus 38:2, this construction account matches the instructions exactly, depicting the actual making of the horns.
In Exodus 30:2, the incense altar also has horns, sharing the same design feature as the bronze altar.
Leviticus 4:25 directly puts blood on the horns of this same burnt offering altar — a specific ritual application for sin offering.
Leviticus 8:15 describes Moses putting blood on the altar's horns to consecrate and purify it — a foundational use of the horns.
Leviticus 16:18 uses the horns of this altar for atonement on the Day of Atonement — a key annual ritual.
Numbers 16:38 uses the rebels' censers to make a covering for this altar — a narrative about the altar's bronze overlay.
1 Kings 1:50 shows Adonijah seizing the altar's horns for asylum — introducing the horns as a place of refuge.
1 Kings 2:28 repeats the asylum motif as Joab flees to the altar's horns — confirming their role as a sanctuary.
Psalm 118:27 mentions binding the sacrifice to the altar's horns — a poetic reference to the same physical feature in worship.
Leviticus 4:7 instructs putting sin-offering blood on the horns of the incense altar — a parallel ritual use of altar horns for atonement.
Leviticus 4:18 similarly applies blood to the horns of the altar before the LORD — another instance of atonement via the horns.
In Numbers 16:39, the bronze censers from Korah's rebellion are hammered into a covering for the altar, connecting to the bronze altar here.
In 1 Kings 8:64, the bronze altar is too small for Solomon's offerings, showing its continued use and size limitation.
In Ezekiel 43:15, the future temple altar also has four horns, continuing the pattern of altar design.
Hebrews 6:18 alludes to fleeing for refuge and laying hold — likely drawing from the altar-horn asylum imagery as a type of hope in Christ.