Exodus 40:26
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
In Context
25and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
27and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Cross References
Exodus 30:1“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Matthew 23:19You are foolish and blind! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
John 17:1When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may also glorify You.
Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. The same sacrifices offered year after year can never make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:17-34
16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the… Read the whole commentary →