and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
Moses gave them nothing but what God commanded him, nothing more or less, he was faithful as a servant to both God and Israel, standing between them as their messenger. The sabbath came first in his charge because it outranks even the tabernacle work: no stroke of labor on the seventh day, not one, for that holy rest belongs to God alone.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 35:1-19
The incense altar was overlaid with gold, making it the golden altar; its oil and incense were composed of various spices according to the prescription given earlier. The hanging at the tabernacle entrance, at the east end where no boards or curtains otherwise closed it, served as the doorway itself.
AI summary
The incense altar - The golden altar, see Exo 30:1-10.