Exodus 40:26

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

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 put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

25 and set up the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

27 and burnt fragrant incense upon it; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

28 And he put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.