 Thus one can interpret to say that Moses asked to see God's House.Similarly, a Midrash interpreted the word "Lebanon" in to refer to the altar.Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai explained that the altar was called "Lebanon" because it made white ("malbin") the sins of Israel, as indicated by the words of "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white ("yalbinu") as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."