וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חָמֵשׁ֩ אַמּ֨וֹת אֹ֜רֶךְ וְחָמֵ֧שׁ אַמּ֣וֹת רֹ֗חַב רָב֤וּעַ יִהְיֶה֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת קֹמָתֽוֹ׃
E farás o altar de madeira de shittim; cinco côvados será o seu comprimento, e cinco côvados será a sua largura; o altar será quadrado, e três côvados será a sua altura.
On Drunkenness
[85] And therefore Moses, God’s interpreter, will use the sacred works that furnished the tabernacle to shew us the twofold perfection. For it is not without a well-thought purpose for us that he covers the ark both inside and outside with gold (Exod. 25:10) and gives two robes to the high-priest (Exod. 28:4), and builds two altars, one without for the sacrificial ritual, the other within for burning incense (Exod. 27:1, 30:1). No, he wished by these symbols to represent the virtues of either kind.