aFor ver. 1-5, see ch. 37:25-28
bch. 40:5; Lev. 4:7; Rev. 8:3
dSee ch. 27:2
ech. 39:38; 40:5, 26; Num. 4:11
fSee ch. 25:27
gch. 25:21, 22
hver. 34; ch. 31:11; 37:29; 40:27; 1 Sam. 2:28; 1 Chr. 23:13; 2 Chr. 2:4; 29:11; Luke 1:9
iSee ch. 27:20, 21
jLev. 10:1
kLev. 16:18; 23:27
lch. 29:36
mSong 4:14; Ezek. 27:22
nEzek. 27:19
och. 29:40
qch. 37:29
rch. 37:29; Num. 35:25; Ps. 89:20; 133:2
sch. 40:9; Lev. 8:10; Num. 7:1
tch. 40:11
uch. 29:37
vSee ch. 29:7
wver. 25, 37
xver. 38
yver. 7; ch. 25:6; 37:29
zver. 25
aaSee ver. 25
ab[Lev. 2:13]
acSee ch. 25:22
ad[ch. 40:10]
aever. 32
afver. 33
agFor ver. 25-28, see ch. 30:1-5
ahLuke 1:10; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4
aiSee Ps. 28:2
ajSee Ex. 29:41

Exodus 30:1-10

The Altar of Incense

1 a“You shall make ban altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2A cubit ▼
▼A  cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
 shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. dIts horns shall be of one piece with it. 3You shall eoverlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be fholders for poles with which to carry it. 5You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the gmercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7And Aaron shall hburn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he idresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9You shall not offer junauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. 10 kAaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the lsin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”

Exodus 30:22-38

The Anointing Oil and Incense

22The Lord said to Moses, 23“Take the mfinest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of naromatic cane, 24and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ohin ▼
▼A  hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
 of olive oil. 25And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the qperfumer; it shall be a rholy anointing oil. 26 sWith it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the tbasin and its stand. 29You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. uWhatever touches them will become holy. 30 vYou shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. 31And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 32It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. wIt is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 xWhoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

34The Lord said to Moses, y“Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), 35and make an zincense blended as by the aaperfumer, abseasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting acwhere I shall meet with you. adIt shall be most holy for you. 37And the incense that you shall make aeaccording to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord. 38 afWhoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”

Exodus 37:25-28

Making the Altar of Incense

25 agHe made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, 27and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it. 28And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Psalms 141:2

2Let ahmy prayer be counted as incense before you,
and aithe lifting up of my hands as ajthe evening sacrifice!
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