He put the golden altar... Before the vail. — In front of the Ark, the mercy-seat, and the place assigned to the Shechinah (Exodus 25:22), but separated from them by the vail. (Comp. Exodus 30:6.)
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Exodus 40:26
26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: