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Essay for Exodus 30:1

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ מִקְטַ֣ר קְטֹ֑רֶת עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.

The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox

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The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox

This altar, which is not mentioned again, is seen by some as a later interpolation (DeVaux 1965): here it links up with what has gone before through the theme of purging (purification), in v. 10. For more on the incense itself, see vv. 22ff., below.
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