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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.

Exodus 40:5 · BSB

Exodus 40:5 in context

The verses around it, from Exodus 40.

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

3 Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

4 Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.

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.

6 Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

7 And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

8 Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.

9 Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

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Exodus 40:5 in other translations

KJV

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

ASV

And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

ERV

And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

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