וַיָּ֛שֶׂם אֶת מִזְבַּ֥ח הַזָּהָ֖ב בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לִפְנֵ֖י הַפָּרֹֽכֶת
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
World English Bible · Public Domain
Exodus 40:26
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 40:26 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
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King James Version Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he put the altar of gold into the tent of meeting in front of the face of the curtain.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
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King James Version Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the vayle,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And he sets the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting, before the veil,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
He put the golden incense altar into the tent of meeting in front of the curtain.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he put the altar of gold into the tent of meeting in front of the face of the curtain.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail:
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Moses set up the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
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הַפָּרֹֽכֶת
pôreketh
H6532
“the · curtain”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- Appears 25× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 26:31
- Part of Speech
- Particle + Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Feminine
- Number
- Singular
- State
- Absolute
Full BDB Definition
curtain, veil
- וַיָּ֛שֶׂם sûwm H7760 “and · to put” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- מִזְבַּ֥ח mizbêach H4196 “altar of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- הַזָּהָ֖ב zâhâb H2091 “the · gold” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- בְּאֹ֣הֶל ʼôhel H168 “in/at · tent of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- מוֹעֵ֑ד môwʻêd H4150 “appointed time” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- לִפְנֵ֖י pânîym H6440 “to/for · face(s) of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
- הַפָּרֹֽכֶת pôreketh H6532 “the · curtain” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 8
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is הַפָּרֹֽכֶת curtain H6532 — appearing just 25 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
הַפָּרֹֽכֶת curtain H6532 occurs in 23 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 1 verb
- 6 nouns
- 1 particle
Verb forms
- וַיָּ֛שֶׂם Qal · Sequential Imperfect
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 13 words from the Hebrew and 14 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 14 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Cross-references
8Topical passages linked to Exodus 40:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 40:5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 30:1–10 "You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
- Matthew 23:19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
- John 11:42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
- John 17:1–26 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
- Hebrews 7:25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.
- Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
- 1 John 2:1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
καί τίθημι ὁ θυσιαστήριον ὁ χρυσοῦς ἐν ὁ σκηνή ὁ μαρτύριον ἀπέναντι ὁ καταπέτασμα
And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְשַׁוִי יָת מַדְבְּחָא דְדַהֲבָא בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא קֳדָם פָּרֻכְתָּא:
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְשַׁוִּי יַת מַדְבְּחָא דְדַהֲבָא בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִימְנָא קֳדָם פַּרְגוֹדָא
And he set the golden altar in the tabernacle of ordinance before the veil,
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is pôreketh (“curtain”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “curtain” (pôreketh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- Exodus 26:31 shares the word «curtain» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- The verb «וַיָּ֛שֶׂם» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
- Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 14 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 11 words in this verse.
- 8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 40:26 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.