Exo 30:1, 3, 5-6, 1Ki 6:20, 2Ch 3:7-14 | ESV | STEP | You shall make an altar on which to burn incense ; you shall make it of acacia wood .

aFor ver. 1-5, see ch. 37:25-28

b ch. 40:5; Lev. 4:7; Rev. 8:3

c ch. 39:38; 40:5, 26; Num. 4:11

d ch. 25:21, 22

g[See ver. 5 above]

h[1 Kgs. 6:16]

k 1 Chr. 28:11

lFor ver. 10-13, see 1 Kgs. 6:23-28

p[Ezek. 40:9]

qSee Ex. 26:31

Exodus 30:1

The Altar of Incense

1 ^a“You shall make ^ban altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

Exodus 30:3

3 You shall ^coverlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it.

Exodus 30:5-6

5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the ^dmercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.

1 Kings 6:20

20 The inner sanctuary ^{▼▼Vulgate; Hebrew and before the inner sanctuary} was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid ^{▼▼Septuagint made} an altar of cedar.

2 Chronicles 3:7-14

7 So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors— ^gand he carved cherubim on the walls.

8 ^hAnd he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of fine gold. 9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} And he overlaid ^kthe upper chambers with gold.

10 ^lIn the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood ^{▼▼Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} and overlaid ^{▼▼Hebrew they overlaid} them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim ^{▼▼Hebrew they} stood on their feet, ^pfacing the nave. 14 ^qAnd he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.