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Bible Verses About Altar of Incense

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  1. "You are to make an altar on which to burn incense; make it of acacia-wood.

  2. It is to be eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns are to be of one piece with it.

  3. Overlay it with pure gold - its top, all around its sides, and its horns; and put around it a molding of gold.

  4. Make two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides; this is where the carrying-poles will go.

  5. Make the poles of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.

  6. "Place it in front of the curtain by the ark for the testimony, in front of the ark-cover that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

  7. Aharon will burn fragrant incense on it as a pleasing aroma every morning; he is to burn it when he prepares the lamps.

  8. Aharon is also to burn it when he lights the lamps at dusk; this is the regular burning of incense before ADONAI through all your generations.

  9. You are not to offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering or a grain offering; and you are not to pour a drink offering on it.

  10. Aharon is to make atonement on its horns once a year - with the blood of the sin offering of atonement he is to make atonement for it once a year through all your generations; it is especially holy to ADONAI." 10-20

  11. Use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark for the testimony,

  12. the table and all its utensils, the menorah and all its utensils, the incense altar,

  13. He made the altar on which to burn incense of acacia-wood, eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns were a single unit.

  14. He overlaid it with pure gold -its top, all around its sides and its horns; and he put around it a molding of gold.

  15. He made two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides, to hold the carrying-poles.

  16. the gold altar; the anointing oil; the fragrant incense; the screen for the entrance to the tent;

  17. Set the gold altar for incense in front of the ark for the testimony, and set up the screen at the entrance to the tabernacle.

  18. He set the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain

  19. The cohen is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense before ADONAI there in the tent of meeting. All the remaining blood of the bull he is to pour out at the base of the altar for burnt offerings, which is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  20. He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar before ADONAI, there in the tent of meeting. All the remaining blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar for burnt offerings, which is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  21. But Nadav and Avihu, sons of Aharon, each took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before ADONAI, something he had not ordered them to do.

  22. At this, fire came forth from the presence of ADONAI and consumed them, so that they died in the presence of ADONAI.

  23. Then he is to go out to the altar that is before ADONAI and make atonement for it; he is to take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

  24. He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, thus purifying it and setting it apart from the uncleannesses of the people of Isra'el.

  25. On the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with a covering of fine leather and insert its carrying-poles.