Tree of Life Version
Exodus 30:1
1“You are to make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
Exodus 30:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
- New International Version (NIV)“Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Context of Exodus 30:1
“You are to make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. 2It is to be square—one cubit in length, one cubit wide, and two cubits high. The horns must be of one piece with it. 3You are to overlay it with pure gold on top, all around the sides and over the horns. Also you are to make a crown of gold for it all around.
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וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ מִקְטַ֣ר קְטֹ֑רֶת עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 30:1
- Exodus 30:32It must not be poured on human flesh, nor are you to make any like it, with its formula. It is holy and it must be holy to you.
- Exodus 30:26You are to anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, the Ark of the Testimony,
- Exodus 30:7“Aaron must burn sweet spices of incense there every morning. When he attends to the lamps, he is to burn it.
- Exodus 37:25He made the altar of incense from acacia wood, a cubit long, a cubit wide, squared, and two cubits high. The horns were one piece with it.
- Exodus 40:5Set the golden incense altar in front of the Ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain over the entrance of the Tabernacle.
- Leviticus 4:7The kohen shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Adonai, which is in the Tent of Meeting, and he is to pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Kings 6:20The inner Sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in breadth and twenty cubits in height. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the cedar altar.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16But when he became strong, his heart grew so haughty that he acted corruptly. For he trespassed against Adonai his God by entering into the Temple of Adonai to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Revelation 8:3Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden incense burner. He was given much incense to offer up along with the prayers of all the kedoshim upon the golden altar before the throne.
- Exodus 4:11So Adonai said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes a man mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, Adonai?
Commentaries on Exodus 30:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Altar to burn incense - The Samaritan omits the ten first verses of this chapter, because it inserts them after Exodus 26:32; (note). Shittim wood - The same of which the preceding articles were made, because it was abundant in those parts, and because it was very durable; hence everywhere the Septuagint translation, which was made in Egypt, renders the original by , incorruptible wood.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 Exodus 37:25-28; Exodus 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four “horns” were to project upward at the corners like those of the altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:2. A crown or moulding of gold was to run round the top. On each of two opposite sides there was to be a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The altar of incense. (1-10) The ransom of souls. (11-16) The brazen laver. (17-21) The holy anointing oil, The perfume. (22-38) Verses 1-10 The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned thereon typified his pleading for his people. The continual intercession of Christ was represented by the daily burning of incense thereon, morning and evening. Once every year the blood of the atonement was to be applied to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The plans for the altar made of acacia wood are described here instead of with the other items of the holy place (25:23–40). This might be because of the reference to the priest's use of it in 30:7–10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon, &c.--Its material was to be like that of the ark of the testimony, but its dimensions very small [Ex 25:10].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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