²⁵They made the altar of incense^l out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high^f—its horns^m of one piece with it. ²⁶They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it. ²⁷They made two gold ringsⁿ below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it. ²⁸They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.^o

²⁹They also made the sacred anointing oil^p and the pure, fragrant incense^q—the work of a perfumer.

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Footnotes

fThat is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high

Cross references

l Ex 30:34–36; Lk 1:11; Heb 9:4; Rev 8:3
mSee Ex 27:2; Rev 9:13
nver 14
oSee Ex 25:13
pSee Ex 31:11
q Ex 30:1, 25; 39:38

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it. And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it was thirty-six inches high. Its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it, its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold. Then he made a gold molding all around it. He made two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; he put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself. He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar. He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he made the incense altar of acacia wood, a cubit its length and a cubit its width—a square—and two cubits its height; its horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with pure gold—its top and its sides all around and its horns—and he made for it a gold molding all around. And he made for it two gold rings under its molding on two opposite sides as holders for poles to carry it with them. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense—work of a perfumer.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

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