Exodus 37:25-29
Bezalel makes the gold incense altar, the sacred anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense for tabernacle service.
25 He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
26 He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
27 He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
29 He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
Bezalel makes the gold incense altar, the sacred anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense for tabernacle service.
To narrate the making of the incense altar, its gold overlay, molding, rings, and poles, along with the sacred anointing oil and pure fragrant incense, according to the LORD’s earlier sanctuary instructions.
This unit follows the construction of the ark, table, and lampstand in Exodus 37:1-24. The movement is from the Most Holy Place furniture to the Holy Place furniture and its service. Exodus 37:25-29 corresponds to the earlier instructions in Exodus 30:1-10 and 30:22-38, showing that the craftsmen do not innovate. They execute the revealed pattern. The text belongs to the fulfillment section of the tabernacle narrative, where commands given on the mountain are carried out in Israel’s camp.
After the ark, table, and lampstand are made, the construction report completes the inner sanctuary furnishings with the incense altar and then notes the preparation of the sacred anointing oil and incense. These items correspond to earlier instructions in Exodus 30.
The Ark, Table, Lampstand, Incense Altar, Anointing Oil, and Incense Are Made
The sacred furnishings of the tabernacle are made according to the LORD’s command, displaying covenant presence, atonement, fellowship, light, prayerful mediation, and consecrated worship.