Exodus 30:1
And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 30:10And once every year Aaron is to make its horns clean: with the blood of the sin-offering he is to make it clean once every year from generation to generation: it is most holy to the Lord.
Exodus 35:15And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;
Exodus 39:38And the gold altar, and the holy oil, and the sweet perfume for burning, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent;
Leviticus 4:7And the priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar on which perfume is burned before the Lord in the Tent of meeting, draining out all the rest of the blood of the ox at the base of the altar of burned offering which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.
Numbers 4:11On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.
1 Kings 7:48And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;
Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:1
Moses is, in this chapter, further instructed, I. Concerning the altar of incense, ver. 1-10 . II. Concerning the ransom-money which the Israelites were to pay, when they were numbered, ver. 11-16 . III. Concerning the laver of brass, which was set for the priests to wash in, ver. 17-21 . IV. Concerning the making up of the anointing oil, and the use of it, ver. 22-33 . V. Concerning the incense and perfume which were to be burned on the golden altar, ver. 34 , &c. Read the whole commentary →