Exodus 40:26

26 Moses put the gold altar for burning incense in the Meeting Tent in front of the curtain.

Exodus 40:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:26

And he put the golden altar
The altar of incense; so called because it was overlaid with gold, and to distinguish it from the altar of burnt offering, which was covered with brass: to this altar there is an allusion in ( Revelation 8:3 )

in the tent of the congregation, before the vail;
in the same place, the holy place, where the shewbread table and candlestick were, and these were all the furniture of it; and this was put, not within the vail, but before it, over against the ark, as that stood within it, ( Exodus 40:5 ) .

Exodus 40:26 In-Context

24 Moses put the lampstand in the Meeting Tent on the south side of the Holy Tent across from the table.
25 Then he put the lamps on the lampstand before the Lord, just as the Lord commanded him.
26 Moses put the gold altar for burning incense in the Meeting Tent in front of the curtain.
27 Then he burned sweet-smelling incense on it, just as the Lord commanded him.
28 Then he hung the curtain at the entrance to the Holy Tent.
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