Exodus - 40:26



26 He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 40:26.

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And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil,
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail:
And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,
And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
He also positioned the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony, opposite the veil,
Posuit etiam altare aureum in tabernaculo conventionis coram velo:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Before the vail - That is, opposite to the ark, in the middle between the table of showbread on the North and the candlestick on the South.

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.

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