Verse Lens · Context pointer
Exodus 30:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
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Role in This Section
In 30:8, “And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your…” locates the verse inside “The Incense Altar Stands before the Veil” and clarifies what changes before the next line.
Read It With
- Exodus 30:1–10
Read Exodus 30:8 with 30:1–10. In 30:8, “And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your…” locates the verse inside “The Incense Altar Stands before the Veil” and clarifies what changes before the next line. The whole unit shows: A small gold altar with horns, rings, poles, morning and evening incense, prohibitions, and annual atoning blood marks continual prayerlike fragrance and restricted use.
Why It Needs Context
In 30:8, “And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your…” locates the verse inside “The Incense Altar Stands before the Veil” and clarifies what changes before the next line. Its force depends on 30:1–10; detached from “The Incense Altar Stands before the Veil,” the words “And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your…” could be mistaken for a complete command, promise, judgment, explanation, or doctrine.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 30:1–10 — The Incense Altar Stands before the VeilSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 30:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
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