Exodus 30:6 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

(Exodus 37:25–28; Exodus 40:26–27). The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood ([Reference Exodus 25…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Before the veil. —The ark was behind the veil (Exodus 26:33; Exodus 40:3), the altar of incense d…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

You shall put it before the veil
That divides between the holy and the most holy place; not within the veil in the h…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned on it typified his pleading for his people. The continu…