Exo 30:1, Psa 141:2, Luk 1:10, Rev 8:3, 15:8 | TSK | STEP | The altar of incense. The ransom of souls. The brazen laver. The holy anointing oil. The composition of the incense. The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapterafter ver. 32 of chap. 26. an altar. to burn incense.Where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was called also the golden altar (Nu 4:11); and the incense was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.

Exodus 30:1

1 The altar of incense.

11 The ransom of souls.

17 The brazen laver.

22 The holy anointing oil.

34 The composition of the incense.

The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapterafter ver. 32 of chap. 26.

an altar.

7,8,10; 37:25-28; 40:5; Le 4:7,18; 1Ki 6:20; 2Ch 26:16; Re 8:3

to burn incense.Where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It was called also the golden altar (Nu 4:11); and the incense was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.

Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer.David, who was now driven from Judea, and far from the sanctuary, here prays that the devotion of his heart, and the elevation of his hands, might be accepted; that the one might ascend to heaven fragrant and well pleasing as the cloud of incense, and the other, in conjunction with it, be prevalent as the {minchah,} or evening oblation.

Pr 15:8

set forth. Heb. directed.

5:3

as incense.

Ex 30:7-9,34-38; Le 10:1,2; 16:11-13; Nu 16:35,46-48; Mal 1:11

Lu 1:9,10; Re 5:8; 8:3,4

the lifting.

28:2; 63:4; 134:2; 1Ti 2:8

the evening.

Ex 29:39,42; 1Ki 18:36; Ezr 9:4; Da 9:21; Ac 3:1