Exodus 40:6

Set up the altar of burnt offering opposite the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

In Context

5Place the gold altar of incense in front of the Ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen at the entrance to the Tabernacle.

7Place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

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Cross References

Exodus 27:1Make an altar of acacia wood. It is to be square and measure five cubits long by five cubits wide by three cubits high.

Exodus 40:29He set up the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and presented the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

Ephesians 1:6So we praise him for his glorious grace that he so kindly gave us in his beloved Son.

1 John 2:2Through him our sins are forgiven—and not only our sins, but those of the whole world.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:2-16

The Rearing of the Tabernacle. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the… Read the whole commentary →

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