Exodus 40:6
in Exodus 40Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
KJV
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
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This verse in Exodus 40
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd thou shall set the altar of the burnt offering,.... Where the sacrifices of the people were to be brought, and offered up by the priests; and this was to be set up in the open court, as it was proper it should, both because of the smell and smoke of the sacrifices: before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; just a little before the entrance into the holy place.
This site's exposition
set the altar of the burnt offering
on Exodus 40:6-8
Outside the tent the order keeps running outward, the altar of burnt offering at the door, the laver between the altar and the tent, then the court and the hanging at its gate. A man bringing a sacrifice met these in the reverse of the order they were set up in, gate first and the door of the tent last. Exodus 27:9-19 gave that court its measure of a hundred cubits by fifty, so the whole dwelling stood inside a fence of fine twined linen.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He directs Moses, when he had set up the tabernacle and all the furniture of it, to consecrate it and them, by anointing them with the oil which was prepared for the purpose, ch. xxx. It was there ordered that this should be done; here it was ordered that it should be done now,
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔ה | venatatah | and you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִזְבַּ֣ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| הָעֹלָ֑ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לִפְנֵ֕י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| פֶּ֖תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| מִשְׁכַּ֥ן | mishkan | [the] tabernacle of | H4908 → | 139 times |
| אֹֽהֶל־ | ʾohel- | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔הand you will put
venatatahH5414 →2011 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
מִזְבַּ֣ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
הָעֹלָ֑הthe burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
לִפְנֵ֕י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
מִשְׁכַּ֥ן[the] tabernacle of
mishkanH4908 →139 times
אֹֽהֶל־[the] tent of
ʾohel-H168 →345 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting
moedH4150 →223 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
it leads to
- 1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 1 John 4:10
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- 1 John 4:14
Through
Exodus 40:29He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded…
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Romans 3:24–26
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Exodus 27:1–8
“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- Hebrews 9:12
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About Exodus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.