Exodus 40:26

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation 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 candlestick in the tent of the congregation opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil;

27 and he burned sweet incense thereon, as the LORD commanded Moses.

28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.