the incense altar and its carrying poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;
Parallel translations
- WEB and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
- KJV And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
- BSB the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
- NKJV the incense altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;
- NASB and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle;
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Quick answer
The altar of incense, anointing oil, fragrant incense, and the entrance screen are to be made.
Overview
The incense altar stood before the veil, its rising smoke representing the prayers of God's people ascending to Him. The anointing oil consecrated the holy things, and the screen guarded the entrance. These point to Christ's intercession and to the prayers of the saints offered acceptably through Him (Hebrews 7:25; Revelation 8:3-4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 30:1–10“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
- Exod 30:22–38Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exod 37:25–28He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
- Exod 36:37–38He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
- Exod 26:36–37“You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
- Ps 141:2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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