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Brenton's Septuagint

Exodus 40:26

And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tabernacle;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   Last Days at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Altar;   Exodus, the Book of;   Furniture;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Censer;   Leviticus;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
King James Version
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
Lexham English Bible
And he placed the gold altar in the tent of assembly before the curtain.
New Century Version
Moses put the gold altar for burning incense in the Meeting Tent in front of the curtain.
New English Translation
And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain,
Amplified Bible
He put the golden altar [of incense] in the Tent of Meeting in front of the veil;
New American Standard Bible
Then he placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the vayle,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;
Contemporary English Version
The gold incense altar was set up in front of the curtain,
Complete Jewish Bible
He set the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain
Darby Translation
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses put the golden altar in the Meeting Tent, in front of the curtain.
English Standard Version
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,
George Lamsa Translation
And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of the congregation in front of the veil;
Good News Translation
He put the gold altar in the Tent, in front of the curtain,
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses installed the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the curtain,
Literal Translation
And he set up the altar of gold in the tabernacle of the congregation, before the veil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the golden altare set he in also before the vayle,
American Standard Version
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
Bible in Basic English
And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he put the golden aulter in the tabernacle of the congregation before the vayle,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
King James Version (1611)
And he put the golden Altar in the Tent of the Congregation, before the Uaile.
English Revised Version
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
Berean Standard Bible
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He puttide also the goldun auter vndur the roof of witnessyng,
Young's Literal Translation
And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,
Update Bible Version
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail:
World English Bible
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
New King James Version
He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil;
New Living Translation
He also placed the gold incense altar in the Tabernacle, in the Holy Place in front of the inner curtain.
New Life Bible
He put the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the curtain.
New Revised Standard
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the curtain,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, - before the veil;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-23) Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,
THE MESSAGE
Moses placed the Gold Altar in the Tent of Meeting in front of the curtain and burned fragrant incense on it, just as God had commanded him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil;

Contextual Overview

16 And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up. 18 And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts. 19 And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on it the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle. 23 And he put on it the shewbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 24 And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. 25 And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 40:5, Exodus 30:1-10, Matthew 23:19, John 11:42, John 17:1-26, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 10:1, 1 John 2:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:6 - veil Exodus 37:25 - General Leviticus 21:23 - go in Numbers 4:11 - General Deuteronomy 18:18 - like unto 1 Kings 7:48 - the altar 2 Chronicles 32:12 - one altar Luke 1:11 - the altar Revelation 8:3 - the golden

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses performed these priestly functions (Exodus 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The things had been made expressly for the service of Yahweh, by His command, and in this fact lay their essential sanctity, of which the anointing was only the seal and symbol. Aaron and his sons, on similar ground, having had the divine call, took part in the service of the sanctuary as soon as the work was completed Exodus 40:31. But Moses took part with them, and most likely took the lead, until they were consecrated and invested Leviticus 8:0 and publicly set apart for the office.

Exodus 40:26

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.


 
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