6. Put the altar in front of the inside curtain of the sacred tent. The chest with the place of mercy is kept behind that curtain, and I will talk with you there.
7-8. From now on, when Aaron tends the lamp each morning and evening, he must burn sweet-smelling incense to me on the altar.
9. Burn only the proper incense on the altar and never use it for grain sacrifices or animal sacrifices or drink offerings.
10. Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing on its four corners the blood of an animal sacrificed for sin, and this practice must always be followed. The altar is sacred because it is dedicated to me.
11. The Lord said to Moses: