Add parallel Print Page Options

You shall put [a]this altar in front of the veil that is [b]near the ark of the testimony, in front of the [c](A)mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. When Aaron [d]trims the lamps [e]at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be continual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:6 Lit it
  2. Exodus 30:6 Or over; lit upon
  3. Exodus 30:6 Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
  4. Exodus 30:8 Lit causes to ascend
  5. Exodus 30:8 Lit between the two evenings

Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover(A) that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.

“Aaron must burn fragrant incense(B) on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the generations to come.(C)

Read full chapter