Will you kindly explain the apparent discrepancy between Heb. 9:4 and Ex. 30:6-8? The first seems to indicate that the altar of incense was in the most holy place, while the second places it in the holy place.
W. O.
Heb. 9:4, in the Common Version, places in the most holy place the golden censer, the ark of the covenant, the golden pot of manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant. The Revised Version reads, “having a golden altar of incense;” but you will see by the margin that censer is given instead of incense, depending doubtless on the difference in Greek copies. “Wherein” is thought by some to refer to the most holy place rather than to the ark. The scriptures about which there is no question seem very clear and decided as to where the furniture was placed in the sanctuary, “and he put the golden altar in the the tent of the congregation before the veil; and he burnt sweet incense thereon.” Ex. 40:26, 27.