Altar of Incense
24 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
27 sections
- A Cover Made For, of the Censers of Korah
- A Type of Christ
- Altar Before the Lord
- Altar of Sweet Incense
- Anointed with Holy Oil
- Atonement Made For, by the High Priest Once Every Year
- Called the Golden Altar
- Carried by Kohathites
- Constructed
- Covered by the Priest Before Removal from the Sanctuary
- Covered with Gold
- Dimensions of
- had Four Rings of Gold Under the Crown for the Staves
- How Prepared for Carrying
- Location of
- No Strange Incense Nor Any Sacrifice to be offered On
- Pattern of
- Placed Before the Vail in the Outer Sanctuary
- Punishment For: Offering Strange Fire On
- Punishment For: Unauthorised offering On
- Said to be Before the Lord
- Seen in John's Vision
- Staves of, Covered with Gold
- The Blood of all Sin offerings Put on the Horns of
- The Priest Burned Incense on Every Morning and Evening
- Top of, Surrounded with a Crown of Gold
- Uses of
A Cover Made For, of the Censers of Korah
- Numbers 16:36–40 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
A Type of Christ
- Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Revelation 9:3 And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
Altar Before the Lord
- Leviticus 16:18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD 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.
Altar of Sweet Incense
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt …
Anointed with Holy Oil
- Exodus 30:26–27 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, …
Atonement Made For, by the High Priest Once Every Year
- Exodus 30:10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
- Leviticus 16:18–19 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD 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. …
Called the Golden Altar
- Exodus 39:38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
- Numbers 4:11 Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
Carried by Kohathites
- Numbers 3:27–31 From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites. …
Constructed
- Exodus 37:25–28 He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece. …
Covered by the Priest Before Removal from the Sanctuary
- Numbers 4:11 Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
Covered with Gold
- Exodus 30:3 Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
- Exodus 37:26 And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.
Dimensions of
- Exodus 30:1–2 “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense. …
- Exodus 37:25 He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
had Four Rings of Gold Under the Crown for the Staves
- Exodus 30:4 And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
- Exodus 37:27 He made two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
How Prepared for Carrying
- Numbers 4:4–15 This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things. …
Location of
- Exodus 30:6 Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony— before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony— where I will meet with you.
- Exodus 40:5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
- Exodus 40:26 Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
No Strange Incense Nor Any Sacrifice to be offered On
- Exodus 30:9 On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
Pattern of
- Exodus 30:1–5 “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense. …
Placed Before the Vail in the Outer Sanctuary
- Exodus 30:6 Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony— before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony— where I will meet with you.
- Exodus 40:5 Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
- Exodus 40:26 Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
Punishment For: Offering Strange Fire On
- Leviticus 10:1–2 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. …
Punishment For: Unauthorised offering On
- 2 Chronicles 26:16–19 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. …
Said to be Before the Lord
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt …
- 1 Kings 9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
Seen in John's Vision
- Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Revelation 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
Staves of, Covered with Gold
- Exodus 30:5 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
The Blood of all Sin offerings Put on the Horns of
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt …
- Leviticus 4:18 He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
The Priest Burned Incense on Every Morning and Evening
- Exodus 30:7–8 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. …
Top of, Surrounded with a Crown of Gold
- Exodus 30:3 Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
- Exodus 37:26 And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.
Uses of
- Exodus 30:7–10 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. …
- Exodus 30:26–27 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, …
- Exodus 40:27 and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt …
- Leviticus 4:18 He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 8:15 Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that …
- Leviticus 9:9 The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 16:12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- Leviticus 16:18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD 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.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.