The golden altar refers to the “altar of incense” in 35.15. This is described in 30.1-4 and 37.25-27. The anointing oil is described in 30.23-25. The fragrant incense is described is 30.34-35. The screen for the door of the tent is listed in 35.15 as “the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle.” This refers to “the curtain for the entrance of the Tent” (Good News Translation). (See the comment at 26.36.)
The bronze altar refers to the “altar of burnt offering” described in 38.1-2. (See also 27.1-2.) Its grating of bronze, literally “the bronze grating which is to it,” is mentioned in 27.4-5 and 38.4. (See the comments there.) Its poles are described in 27.6-7 and 38.6. All its utensils includes the five different items listed in 27.3 and 38.3. The laver and its base, mentioned in 35.16, is the bronze “washbasin and its base” (Good News Translation) described in 30.18 and 38.8. (See the comments there.)
Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .
