1 "Make an altar for burning incense. Make it out of acacia wood.
2 It must be one foot six inches square and three feet high. Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners.
3 Cover the top, sides and horns with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it.
4 "Make two gold rings for the altar below the strip. Put the rings across from each other. They will hold the poles that are used to carry it.
5 Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold.
6 "Put the altar in front of the curtain that hangs in front of the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. The ark will have a cover. It will be the place where sin is paid for. There I will meet with you.
7 "Aaron must burn sweet-smelling incense on the altar. He must do it every morning when he takes care of the lamps.