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Exodus 30

Ex. 30:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thou shalt make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
x an altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
to burn
miqtar (Hebrew #4729)
something to fume (incense) on i.e. a hearth place
KJV usage: to burn...upon.
Pronounce: mik-tawr'
Origin: from 6999
incense
qtoreth (Hebrew #7004)
a fumigation
KJV usage: (sweet) incense, perfume.
Pronounce: ket-o'-reth
Origin: from 6999
upon: of shittim
shittah (Hebrew #7848)
the acacia (from its scourging thorns)
KJV usage: shittah, shittim. See also 1029.
Pronounce: shit-taw'
Origin: feminine of a derivative (only in the plural shittiym {shit-teem'}; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as 7850
wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
shalt thou make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
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x
Ex. 37:25• 25And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself. (Ex. 37:25)

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Altar,
Incense,
Shittim Wood; Shittah Tree

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-10:  The altar of incense.
11-16:  The ransom of souls.
17-21:  The brazen laver.
22-33:  The holy anointing oil.
34-38:  The composition of the incense.
The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapterafter ver. 32 of chap. 26.an altar.
Ex. 30:7‑8,10• 7And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.
 8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense--a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.
 10And Aaron shall make atonement for its horns once in the year: with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement shall he make atonement for it, once in the year, throughout your generations: it is most holy to Jehovah. (Ex. 30:7‑8,10)
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Ex. 37:25‑28• 25And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself.
 26And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and made upon it a border of gold round about.
 27And he made two rings of gold for it under its border, by its two corners, on the two sides thereof, as receptacles for the staves with which to carry it.
 28And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold. (Ex. 37:25‑28)
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Ex. 40:5• 5And thou shalt set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and hang up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle. (Ex. 40:5)
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Lev. 4:7,18• 7and the priest shall put of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense, which is in the tent of meeting, before Jehovah; and he shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
 18and he shall put of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before Jehovah which is in the tent of meeting; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. (Lev. 4:7,18)
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1 Kings 6:20• 20And the oracle within 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 he overlaid the cedar-wood altar-- (1 Kings 6:20)
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2 Chron. 26:16• 16But when he became strong his heart was lifted up to his downfall; and he transgressed against Jehovah his God, and went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (2 Chron. 26:16)
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Rev. 8:3• 3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give efficacy to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which was before the throne. (Rev. 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.
• {v.1-10} The intercession of Christ in grace (all that was in Him ascending as a sweet savor to Jehovah) is presented. (“Exodus 30-31” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;