Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 40:26
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:
26. See v. 5a, Exo 30:6. The ‘golden altar,’ as Exo 39:38.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And he put the golden altar,…. The altar of incense; so called because it was overlaid with gold, and to distinguish it from the altar of burnt offering, which was covered with brass: to this altar there is an allusion in Re 8:3
in the tent of the congregation, before the vail; in the same place, the holy place, where the shewbread table and candlestick were, and these were all the furniture of it; and this was put, not within the vail, but before it, over against the ark, as that stood within it,
Ex 40:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 26, 27:
The golden altar of incense occupied the center of the holy place, immediately in front of the veil which concealed the ark of the testimony. When this was put in place, Moses then offered a sacrifice of sweet incense before Jehovah.
For the significance of this altar and its function, see comments on Ex 30:1-10.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(26) He put the golden altar . . . Before the vail.In front of the Ark, the mercy-seat, and the place assigned to the Shechinah (Exo. 25:22), but separated from them by the vail. (Comp. Exo. 30:6.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 40:5, Exo 30:1-10, Mat 23:19, Joh 11:42, Joh 17:1-26, Heb 7:25, Heb 10:1, 1Jo 2:1
Reciprocal: Exo 30:6 – veil Exo 37:25 – General Lev 21:23 – go in Num 4:11 – General Deu 18:18 – like unto 1Ki 7:48 – the altar 2Ch 32:12 – one altar Luk 1:11 – the altar Rev 8:3 – the golden