Exodus 40:26

26 And he placed the gold altar in the tent of assembly before the curtain.

Exodus 40:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:26

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 ) .

Exodus 40:26 In-Context

24 And he placed the lampstand in the tent of assembly opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle.

25 And he set up the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

26 And he placed the gold altar in the tent of assembly before the curtain.

27 And he turned fragrant incense into smoke on it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

28 And he set up the entrance screen for the tabernacle.