Exodus 40:5

5 You shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and set up the screen for the entrance of the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:5

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.

Exodus 40:5 In-Context

3 You shall put in it the ark of the covenant, and you shall screen the ark with the curtain.

4 You shall bring in the table, and arrange its setting; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and set up its lamps.

5 You shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and set up the screen for the entrance of the tabernacle.

6 You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

7 and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [treaty], or [testimony]; Heb [eduth]