Exodus - 40:5



5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 40:5.

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And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
And the altar of gold whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,
And thou shalt set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and hang up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.
'And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,
And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.
and the altar of gold, in which the incense is burned, shall stand before the ark of the testimony. You shall place the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
Pones praeterea altare aureum ad suffimentum e regione arcae testimonii: et pones aulaeum ostii tabernaculi.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And thou shalt set the altar (b) of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the (c) hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
(b) That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn incense on.
(c) This hanging or veil was between the sanctuary and the court.

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony,.... Not in the most holy place where the ark was, but over against it in the holy place:
and put the hanging of the door of the tabernacle; the door of entrance into the holy place, where there were to be no other things set but those now mentioned, the shewbread table, the candlestick, and the altar of incense; and these being brought in, the hanging was to be put up, which hid the sight of the above things, and forbid the entrance of the people there.

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