Exodus 30:1
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Exodus 30:1 in other translations
| BSB | “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense. |
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| WEB | “You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood. |
| ASV | And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. |
| YLT | ‘And thou hast made an altar for making perfume; of shittim wood thou dost make it; |
| DARBY | And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it; |
| BBE | And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made. |
| Webster | And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. |
What does Exodus 30:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Ex 30:1-38. The Altar of Incense.
1. 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].Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The altar of burnt incense, Exo 30:1. Dimensions, Exo 30:2. Golden crown, Exo 30:3. Rings and staves, Exo 30:4, Exo 30:5. Where placed, Exo 30:6, Exo 30:7. Use, Exo 30:8-10. The ransom price of half a shekel, Exo 30:11-13. Who were to pay it, Exo 30:14. The rich and the poor to pay alike, Exo 30:15. The use to which it was applied, Exo 30:16. The brazen laver, and its uses, Exo 30:17-21. The holy anointing oil, and its component parts, Exo 30:22-25. To be applied to the tabernacle, ark, golden table, candlestick, altar of burnt-offerings, and the laver, Exo 30:26-29. And to Aaron and his sons, Exo 30:30. Never to be applied to any other uses, and none like it ever to be made, Exo 30:31-33. The perfume, and how made, Exo 30:34, Exo 30:35. Its use, Exo 30:36. Nothing similar to it ever to be made, Exo 30:37, Exo 30:38. Verse 1 Altar to burn incense - The Samaritan omits the ten first verses of this chapter, because it inserts them after Exo 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 ξυλον ασηπτον, incorruptible wood.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 30:1-10
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Exodus 30:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 30:1
- Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Exodus 37:25-28
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Leviticus 4:7
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Exodus 40:5
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.
- Exodus 30:7-8
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Exodus 30:10
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.
- Leviticus 4:18
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- 1 Kings 6:20
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11 The ransom of souls.
17 The brazen laver.
22 The holy anointing oil.
34 The composition of the incense.
The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapterafter ver. 32 of chap. 26.
an altar.
7,8,10; 37:25-28; 40:5; Le 4:7,18; 1Ki 6:20; 2Ch 26:16; Re 8:3
to burn incense.Where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was called also the golden altar (Nu 4:11); and the incense was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.
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Context
- Exodus 30:1
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
- Exodus 30:2
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
Exodus 30:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | HARÁS asimismo un altar de sahumerio de perfume: de madera de Sittim lo harás. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Et tu feras un autel pour faire fumer l’encens; tu le feras de bois de sittim; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst einen Altar machen zum Räuchern des Räucherwerks, von Akazienholz sollst du ihn machen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Facies quoque altare ad adolendum thymiama, de lignis setim, |