4 Underneath the molding you shall put gold rings, two on one side and two on the opposite side, as holders for the poles used in carrying it.
5 Make the poles, too, of acacia wood and plate them with gold.
6 This altar you are to place in front of the veil that hangs before the ark of the covenant where I will meet you.
7 On it Aaron shall burn fragrant incense. Morning after morning, when he prepares the lamps,
8 and again in the evening twilight, when he lights the lamps, he shall burn incense. Throughout your generations this shall be the regular incense offering before the Lord.
9 On this altar you shall not offer up any profane incense, or any burnt offering or grain offering; nor shall you pour out a libation upon it.
10 Once a year Aaron shall purge its horns. Throughout your generations he is to purge it once a year with the blood of the atoning purification offering. This altar is most sacred to the Lord.