Exodus 30:1
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And you shall make an altar to burn incense on: of shittim wood shall you make it.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And you shall make an altar to burn incense on: of shittim wood shall you make it.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.
Webster's Revision
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
World English Bible
"You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
Clarke's Exodus 30:1 Bible Commentary
Altar to burn incense - The Samaritan omits the ten first verses of this chapter, because it inserts them after Exodus 26:32 (note).
Shittim wood - The same of which the preceding articles were made, because it was abundant in those parts, and because it was very durable; hence everywhere the Septuagint translation, which was made in Egypt, renders the original by ξυλον ασηπτον, incorruptible wood.
Barnes's Exodus 30:1 Bible Commentary
Exodus 37:25-28; Exodus 40:26-27. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four "horns" were to project upward at the corners like those of the altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:2. A crown or moulding of gold was to run round the top. On each of two opposite sides there was to be a gold ring through which the staves were to be put when it was moved from place to place.
Wesley's Exodus 30:1 Bible Commentary
30:1 The altar of incense was to be about a yard high, and half a yard square, with horns at the corners, a golden cornish round it, with rings and staves of gold for the convenience of carrying it, Exodus 30:1 - 5.It doth not appear that there was any grate to this altar for the ashes to fall into, that they might be taken away; but when they burn incense, a golden censer was brought, with coals in it, and placed upon the altar, and in that censer the incense was burnt, and with it all the coals were taken away, so that no coals or ashes fell upon the altar. The altar of incense in Ezekiel's temple is double to what it is here, Ezekiel 41:22 , and it is there called an altar of wood, and there is no mention of gold, to signify that the incense in gospel times should be spiritual, the worship plain, and the service of God enlarged. It was placed before the veil, on the outside of that partition, but before the mercy - seat, which was within the veil. For though he that ministered at that altar could not see the mercy - seat, the veil interposing, yet he must look towards it, and direct his incense that way, to teach us, that though we cannot with our bodily eyes see the throne of grace, that blessed mercy - seat, yet we must in prayer by faith set ourselves before it, direct our prayer and look up.