Moses performed these priestly functions (Exodus 28:1 note), before the holy things with which they were performed were anointed. The t…

He put the golden altar ... Before the vail. — In front of the Ark, the mercy-seat, and the place a igned to the Shechina…

And he put the golden altar
The altar of incense; so called because it was overlaid with gold, and to distinguish it…

When the tabernacle and its furnishings were prepared, they did not delay setting it up until they came to Canaan; but, in obedience to the will of…