Plans for the Incense Altar
1 "Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense. 6 Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant,30:6a Or Ark of the Testimony; also in 30:26. in front of the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.30:6b Hebrew that covers the Testimony; see note on 25:16. I will meet with you there.
7 "Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar. 8 And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.
10 "Once a year Aaron must purify30:10 Or make atonement for; also in 30:10b. the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the Lord’s most holy altar."