the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Exodus 30:1
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"You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of shittim wood.
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
"And you will make an altar for burning incense; you will make it of acacia wood,
"Make an altar out of acacia wood for burning incense.
"You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood.
"You shall make an altar upon which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
"Now you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Fvrthermore thou shalt make an altar for sweete perfume, of Shittim wood thou shalt make it.
"Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
The Lord said to Moses: Build an altar of acacia wood where you can burn incense.
(vii) "You are to make an altar on which to burn incense; make it of acacia-wood.
And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;
"Make an altar from acacia wood. You will use this altar for burning incense.
YOU shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of shittim wood shall you make it.
"Make an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense.
“You are to make an altar for the burning of incense; make it of acacia wood.
And you shall make an altar, a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Thou shalt make also an incense altare to burne incense, of Fyrre tre,
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.
And thou shalt make an aulter for sweete incense: of Sittim wood shalte thou make it.
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.
Andthou shalt make an Altar to burne incense vpon: of Shittim wood shalt thou make it.
And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Also thou schalt make an auter of the trees of Sechym, to brenne encense;
`And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;
And you shall make an altar to burn incense on: of acacia wood you shall make it.
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
"You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
Exodus 37:25-28">[xr] "You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood.
"Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
"Make an altar for burning special perfume. Make it of acacia wood.
You shall make an altar on which to offer incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it:
Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.
"You shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood shall you make it.
"Make an Altar for burning incense. Construct it from acacia wood, one and one-half feet square and three feet high with its horns of one piece with it. Cover it with a veneer of pure gold, its top, sides, and horns, and make a gold molding around it with two rings of gold beneath the molding. Place the rings on the two opposing sides to serve as holders for poles by which it will be carried. Make the poles of acacia wood and cover them with a veneer of gold.
"Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapter after Exodus 26:32.
an altar: Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:10, Exodus 37:25-28, Exodus 40:5, Leviticus 4:7, Leviticus 4:18, 1 Kings 6:20, 2 Chronicles 26:16, Revelation 8:3
to burn incense: Where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was called also the golden altar - Numbers 4:11, and the incense was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:8 - the altar Exodus 35:15 - the incense Exodus 40:26 - General Leviticus 10:1 - put incense Leviticus 16:13 - And he Numbers 3:31 - the altars 1 Kings 6:22 - also 1 Kings 7:48 - the altar 1 Chronicles 6:49 - Aaron 1 Chronicles 28:18 - the altar 2 Chronicles 4:19 - the golden 2 Chronicles 13:11 - sweet incense 2 Chronicles 32:12 - one altar Isaiah 65:3 - altars Ezekiel 41:22 - altar Luke 1:11 - the altar Revelation 8:4 - General
Cross-References
When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die!"
Then she said, "Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her."
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Then Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.
In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he lay with her that night.
Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.
And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.
Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon,.... The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call it incense of spices, properly enough, for it was made of various spices; of which see Exodus 30:34 and this was necessary on a natural and civil account, to remove those ill smells from the sanctuary, occasioned by the number of beasts continually slain in it; but chiefly on a religions account, to denote the acceptableness of the service of the sanctuary to God:
of shittim wood shall thou make it: of the same that the altar of burnt offering was made, which was covered with brass, but this with gold, as after related; of this sort of wood, Exodus 30:34- : as this altar was a type of Christ, the shittim wood may respect his human nature; which wood, though it sprung out of the earth, was not common, but choice and excellent, and very strong durable, and incorruptible; and so Christ, though he was man made of an earthly woman in his human nature, yet was chosen out of the people, is the chiefest among ten thousand, and excellent as the cedars, the man of God's right hand, whom he made strong for himself; and though he died in it, he saw no corruption, he now lives, and will live for evermore; in which nature he acts the part of a Mediator, and intercedes for his people, and offers up their prayers, perfumed with the much incense of his mediation, to which this altar has a special respect.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Exodus 37:25-28; Exodus 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four “horns” were to project upward at the corners like those of the altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:2. A crown or moulding of gold was to run round the top. On each of two opposite sides there was to be a gold ring through which the staves were to be put when it was moved from place to place.
Exodus 30:4
By the two corners thereof - Not corners. See the margin. The sense appears to be: And two gold rings shalt thou make for it under its moulding; on its two sides shalt thou make them (i. e. one ring on each side).
Exodus 30:6
The place for the altar of incense was outside the veil, opposite to the ark of the covenant and between the candlestick on the south side and the showbread table on the north Exodus 40:22-24. It appears to have been regarded as having a more intimate connection with the holy of holies than the other things in the holy place; and the mention of the mercy-seat in this verse, if we associate with it the significance of incense as figuring the prayers of the Lord’s people Psalms 141:2; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4, seems to furnish additional pound for an inference that the incense altar took precedence of the table of showbread and the candlestick.
Exodus 30:7
The lamps - See Exodus 25:37.
Exodus 30:7-8
The offering of the incense accompanied that of the morning and evening sacrifice. The two forms of offering symbolized the spirit of man reaching after communion with Yahweh, both in act and utterance. See Psalms 141:2.
Exodus 30:9
By this regulation, the symbolism of the altar of incense was kept free from ambiguity. atonement was made by means of the victim on the brazen altar in the court ontside; the prayers of the reconciled worshippers had their type within the tabernacle.
Exodus 30:10
See the marginal references.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXX
The altar of burnt incense, 1.
Dimensions, 2.
Golden crown, 3.
Rings and staves, 4, 5.
Where placed, 6, 7.
Use, 8-10.
The ransom price of half a shekel, 11-13.
Who were to pay it, 14.
The rich and the poor to pay alike, 15.
The use to which it was applied, 16.
The brazen laver, and its uses, 17-21.
The holy anointing oil, and its component parts, 22-25.
To be applied to the tabernacle, ark, golden table, candlestick,
altar of burnt-offerings, and the laver, 26-29.
And to Aaron and his sons, 30.
Never to be applied to any other uses, and none like it ever to
be made, 31-33.
The perfume, and how made, 34, 35.
Its use, 36.
Nothing similar to it ever to be made, 37, 38.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXX
Verse Exodus 30:1. Altar to burn incense — The Samaritan omits the ten first verses of this chapter, because it inserts them after the 32d verse of chap. xxvi. Exodus 26:32.
Shittim wood — The same of which the preceding articles were made, because it was abundant in those parts, and because it was very durable; hence everywhere the Septuagint translation, which was made in Egypt, renders the original by ξυλον ασηπτον, incorruptible wood.
