5. Make these poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
6. Put this altar outside the curtain which hangs in front of the Covenant Box. That is the place where I will meet you.
7. Every morning when Aaron comes to get the lamps ready, he is to burn sweet-smelling incense on it.
8. He must do the same when he lights the lamps in the evening. This offering of incense is to continue without interruption for all time to come.
9. Do not offer on this altar any forbidden incense, any animal offering, or any grain offering, and do not pour out any wine offering on it.