You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
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And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Exodus 40:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Hebrews 10:19-22 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, and having a great priest over God’s house, let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
- John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
- 1 John 2:1-2 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- Exodus 26:36-37 “You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold. You shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
- Exodus 30:1-5 “You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood. Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it. You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 35:25-28 All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair. The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate; with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
- Exodus 37:25-28 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it. He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it. He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Exodus 40:26-28 He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil; and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn…
That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn incense on.
This hanging or veil was between the Sanctuary and the court.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt set the altar of gold for…
And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony,.... Not in the most holy place where the ark was, but over against it in the holy place:
and put the hanging of the door of the tabernacle; the door of entrance into the holy place, where there were to be no other things set but those now mentioned, the shewbread table, the candlestick, and the altar of incense; and these being brought in, the hanging was to be put up, which hid the sight of the above things, and forbid the entrance of the people there.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5a. See Exo_30:6. The ‘golden-altar,’ as Exo_39:38, and v.…
5a. See Exo_30:6. The ‘golden-altar,’ as Exo_39:38, and v. 26 below.
5b. door] entrance. See Exo_26:36.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Thou shalt set the altar of gold .…
(5) Thou shalt set the altar of gold . . . before the ark.—Not inside the vail, but outside, in the Holy Place; nearer, however, to the vail than either the table or the candlestick. (See Note 1 on Exo_30:6.)
The hanging of the door—i.e., the curtain at the entrance to the Tabernacle (Exo_26:36; Exo_36:37, &c.).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The altar of gold. See Exo_30:1-10; Exo_37:25-28. Before the…
The altar of gold. See Exo_30:1-10; Exo_37:25-28. Before the ark of the testimonyi.e. , "before the veil, opposite the ark of the testimony," not within the veil. See the comment on Exo_30:6. The hanging of the doori.e. , "the curtain which closed the front or eastern end of the tabernacle." . (see Exo_26:36; Exo_36:37)
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Yahweh continues to tell Moses what the people must do.
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ark of the testimony
This refers to the "sacred chest."
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gold
altar of incense
ark of the covenant
altar
burnt offering
tabernacle
tent of meeting
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