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2 Chronicles 2 4
Now I am building a temple for the name of Yahweh my God in order to dedicate it to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the rows of the bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
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Leviticus 24:2-9
“ Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the Lord outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations.He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the Lord’s presence.“ Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.Place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread and a fire offering to the Lord.The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a perpetual covenant obligation on the part of the Israelites.It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, for it is the holiest portion for him from the fire offerings to the Lord; this is a permanent rule.”
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Exodus 27:20-21
“ You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.In the tent of meeting outside the veil that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations.
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Exodus 29:38
“ This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar every day: two year-old lambs.
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Exodus 25:30-39
Put the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.“ You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its calyxes and petals.Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its calyxes and petals.For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a calyx must be under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it.Their calyxes and branches are to be of one piece. All of it is to be a single hammered piece of pure gold.“ Make seven lamps on it. Its lamps are to be set up so they illuminate the area in front of it.Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold.The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold.
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Exodus 30:1-10
“ You are to make an altar for the burning of incense; make it of acacia wood.It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it must be 36 inches high. Its horns must be of one piece.Overlay its top, all around its sides, and its horns with pure gold; make a gold molding all around it.Make two gold rings for it under the molding on two of its sides; put these on opposite sides of it to be holders for the poles to carry it with.Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.“ You are to place the altar in front of the veil by the ark of the testimony— in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony— where I will meet with you.Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps.When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.You must not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt or grain offering; you are not to pour a drink offering on it.“ Once a year Aaron is to perform the purification rite on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the purification rite for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”
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Numbers 16:6
Korah, you and all your followers are to do this: take firepans, and tomorrow
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Numbers 16:46
Then Moses told Aaron,“ Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.”
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Ezekiel 44:15
“ But the Levitical priests descended from Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, will approach Me to serve Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 48:11
It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
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Numbers 9:19
Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out.
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Leviticus 2:1-3
“ When anyone presents a grain offering as a gift to the Lord, his gift must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest will take a handful of fine flour and oil from it, along with all its frankincense, and will burn this memorial portion of it on the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; it is the holiest part of the fire offerings to the Lord.
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Genesis 26:5
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions.”
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Revelation 8:3-4
Another angel, with a gold incense burner, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar in front of the throne.The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up in the presence of God from the angel’s hand.
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Luke 1:9
it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.
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Ezekiel 44:8
You have not kept charge of My holy things but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.