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Altar of Incense
The altar of incense was a small gold-overlaid altar that stood in the holy place of the tabernacle and the temple, where incense was burned morning and evening. Instructions for making it appear in Exodus 30, and elsewhere in Scripture it becomes a symbol of prayer.
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- Altar of IncenseBible
The altar of incense was a small gold-overlaid altar that stood in the Holy Place of the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, in front of the veil of the Most Holy Place, where incense was burned morning and evening. Also called the incense altar or the golden altar, it becomes a symbol of prayer in Scripture.
- Incense OfferingBible
The incense offering was an Old Testament institution of worship in which incense was burned so that its fragrance and smoke ascended to God. In the tabernacle and the temple, only priests descended from Aaron could perform it, and Scripture at times compares it to the prayers of the saints.
- Holy PlaceBible
The holy place, or sanctuary, is a sacred place set apart for God. In its narrower sense, it refers to the outer room of the tabernacle and the temple, located in front of the Most Holy Place, where the lampstand, the table of showbread, and the altar of incense stood.
- Exodus 30Bible
Exodus 30 contains the ordinances for making and using the tabernacle's altar of incense, the half-shekel ransom paid at a census, the bronze laver, the holy anointing oil, and the holy incense.
- Exodus 37Bible
Exodus 37 records how Bezalel made the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, the table, the lampstand, and the altar of incense, and how he prepared the holy anointing oil and the pure incense.
Verses in the King James Version 24, showing 6
- Exodus 30:27
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
- Exodus 31:8
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
- 1 Chronicles 6:49
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Luke 1:11
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
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