Exodus 40:5

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.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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.
WEB: You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen 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.
DARBY: And thou shalt set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and hang up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.
BLB: And you shall set the gold altar for incense before the face of the ark of the Testimony, and you shall put up the screen of the door for the tabernacle.

ÅB: Og du skal sette det gullkledde røykoffer-alter foran vitnesbyrdets ark og henge opp teppet for inngangen til tabernaklet.
OTB: Plasser gullalteret for røkelse foran paktens ark, og heng opp forhenget ved inngangen til tabernaklet.
B1930: Og du skal sette det gullklædde røkoffer-alter foran vidnesbyrdets ark og henge op teppet for inngangen til tabernaklet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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John 14:6
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1 John 2:1–2
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Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
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Exodus 35:25–28
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
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Exodus 26:36–37
For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
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Exodus 40:26–28
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
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Exodus 30:1–5
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
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