Exodus 30:1
'And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;
Young's Literal Translation
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 Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it [is] most holy to Jehovah.'
Exodus 35:15'And the altar of perfume, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the spice perfume, and the covering of the opening at the opening of the tabernacle,
Exodus 39:38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the spice-perfume, and the covering of the opening of the tent;
Leviticus 4:7and the priest hath put of the blood on the horns of the altar of spice-perfume before Jehovah, which [is] in the tent of meeting, and all the blood of the bullock he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, which [is] at the opening of the tent of meeting.
Numbers 4:11'And on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves;
1 Kings 7:48And Solomon maketh all the vessels that [are] in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table — on which [is] the bread of the Presence — of gold,
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 →