Bible Strands
Exodus 30:1
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to construct a specific altar during the tabernacle building directives.
The words — מִזְבַּ֖ח (miz.be'ach) means "altar," and מִקְטַ֣ר (miqṭar) denotes "a place of burning." The verb עָשִׂ֥יתָ (ʿāśîṯā) issues the command "you will make."
The thread — Exodus 37:25 records the construction details of this altar, while Exodus 40:5 describes its placement before the ark. Revelation 8:3 later depicts an angel standing at an altar with incense.
Why it lands — The text commands the creation of an acacia wood altar dedicated solely to burning incense. It establishes a precise physical object required for the prescribed ritual.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Cross-references
- Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Exodus 37:25 He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
- Exodus 40:5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 30:7 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Exodus 30:10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
- Leviticus 4:18 He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Kings 6:20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.