King James Version
Exodus 40:26 in the King James Version says “And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:”
Exodus 40:26 · KJV
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the golden”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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