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2 Chronicles 2 4
I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the Lord our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.
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Leviticus 24:2-9
“ Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand continually in the Lord’s presence.“ You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts of flour for each loaf.Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack.Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord.Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant.The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the Lord.”
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Exodus 27:20-21
“ Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
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Exodus 29:38
“ These are the sacrifices you are to offer regularly on the altar. Each day, offer two lambs that are a year old,
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Exodus 25:30-39
Place the Bread of the Presence on the table to remain before me at all times.“ Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece— the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.You will need 75 pounds of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories.
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Exodus 30:1-10
“ Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.Make two gold rings, and attach them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.“ Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.“ Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the Lord’s most holy altar.”
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Numbers 16:6
Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
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Numbers 16:46
And Moses said to Aaron,“ Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord. The Lord’s anger is blazing against them— the plague has already begun.”
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Ezekiel 44:15
“ However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign Lord.
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Ezekiel 48:11
This area is set aside for the ordained priests, the descendants of Zadok who served me faithfully and did not go astray with the people of Israel and the rest of the Levites.
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Numbers 9:19
If the cloud remained over the Tabernacle for a long time, the Israelites stayed and performed their duty to the Lord.
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Leviticus 2:1-3
“ When you present grain as an offering to the Lord, the offering must consist of choice flour. You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense,and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.The rest of the grain offering will then be given to Aaron and his sons. This offering will be considered a most holy part of the special gifts presented to the Lord.
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Genesis 26:5
I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
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Revelation 8:3-4
Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne.The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out.
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Luke 1:9
As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.
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Ezekiel 44:8
Instead of safeguarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.