² You shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

¹⁵ and it was slaughtered. Moses took the blood and with his finger put some on each of the horns of the altar, purifying the altar; then he poured out the blood at the base of the altar. Thus he consecrated it, to make atonement for it.^(A)