Quoting%20commentary for Chagigah 53:3

כל הכלים שבמקדש יש להם שניים כו': מזבח הנחושת דכתיב (שמות כ, כד) מזבח אדמה תעשה לי מזבח הזהב דכתיב (במדבר ג, לא) המנורה והמזבחות איתקוש מזבחות זה לזה:

(Mishnah:) All of the vessels that were in the Temple had second sets, etc. (and third sets, so that if the first vessels were rendered impure, they would bring the second in their place. All the vessels in the Temple required immersion, except for the golden altar and the bronze altar, because they were like [i.e., affixed to] the ground [and thus not susceptible to impurity]; the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer). (Gemara:) The copper altar, as it is written, "Make for me an altar of earth (and the copper altar, being the main one, is thus compared to earth) (Exodus 20:24)." The golden altar, as it is written, "The Menorah and the altars (Numbers 3:31)-" the altars are compared to each other.

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