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Exodus 40:6

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

5 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.

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

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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.

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BSB
Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
KJV
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
WEB
“You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
ASV
And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
DARBY
And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
BLB
And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the face of the door of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
ÅB
Brennoffer-alteret skal du sette foran inngangen til tabernaklet, sammenkomstens telt.
OTB
Plasser brennofferalteret foran inngangen til tabernaklet, møteteltet.
B1930
Brennoffer-alteret skal du sette foran inngangen til tabernaklet, sammenkomstens telt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 40:29

    And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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  • Exodus 27:1–8

    And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

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  • Ephesians 1:6–7

    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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  • 1 John 2:2

    And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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  • Exodus 38:1–7

    And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

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  • 1 John 4:9–10

    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

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  • Hebrews 13:10

    We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

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