Bible Cross References
they burn
2 Chronicles 2:4
I am building a temple to honor the LORD my God. It will be a holy place where my people and I will worship him by burning incense of fragrant spices, where we will present offerings of sacred bread to him continuously, and where we will offer burnt offerings every morning and evening, as well as on Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other holy days honoring the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do this forever.
Exodus 29:38
"Every day for all time to come, sacrifice on the altar two one-year-old lambs.
sweet incense
Exodus 30:1-10
1
"Make an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense.
2
It is to be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide, and it is to be 36 inches high. Its projections at the four corners are to form one piece with it.
3
Cover its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold, and put a gold border around it.
4
Make two gold carrying rings for it and attach them below the border on two sides to hold the poles with which it is to be carried.
5
Make these poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
6
Put this altar outside the curtain which hangs in front of the Covenant Box. That is the place where I will meet you.
7
Every morning when Aaron comes to take care of the lamps, he is to burn sweet-smelling incense on it.
8
He must do the same when he lights the lamps in the evening. This offering of incense is to continue without interruption for all time to come.
9
Do not offer on this altar any forbidden incense, any animal offering, or any grain offering, and do not pour out any wine offering on it.
10
Once a year Aaron is to perform the ritual for purifying the altar by putting on its four projections the blood of the animal sacrificed for sin. This is to be done every year for all time to come. This altar is to be completely holy, dedicated to me, the LORD."
Leviticus 2:1-3
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When any of you present an offering of grain to the LORD, you must first grind it into flour. You must put olive oil and incense on it
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and bring it to the Aaronite priests. The officiating priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil and all of the incense and burn it on the altar as a token that it has all been offered to the LORD. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the LORD.
3
The rest of the grain offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the LORD.
Numbers 16:6
Tomorrow morning you and your followers take fire pans, put live coals and incense on them, and take them to the altar. Then we will see which of us the LORD has chosen. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!"
Numbers 16:46
and Moses said to Aaron, "Take your fire pan, put live coals from the altar in it, and put some incense on the coals. Then hurry with it to the people and perform the ritual of purification for them. Hurry! The LORD's anger has already broken out and an epidemic has already begun."
Luke 1:9
According to the custom followed by the priests, he was chosen by lot to burn incense on the altar. So he went into the Temple of the Lord,
Revelation 8:3
Another angel, who had a gold incense container, came and stood at the altar. He was given a lot of incense to add to the prayers of all God's people and to offer it on the gold altar that stands before the throne.
Revelation 8:4
The smoke of the burning incense went up with the prayers of God's people from the hands of the angel standing before God.
shewbread
Exodus 25:30
The table is to be placed in front of the Covenant Box, and on the table there is always to be the sacred bread offered to me.
Leviticus 24:5-9
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Take twenty-four pounds of flour and bake twelve loaves of bread.
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Put the loaves in two rows, six in each row, on the table covered with pure gold, which is in the LORD's presence.
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Put some pure incense on each row, as a token food offering to the LORD to take the place of the bread.
8
Every Sabbath, for all time to come, the bread must be placed in the presence of the LORD. This is Israel's duty forever.
9
The bread belongs to Aaron and his descendants, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because this is a very holy part of the food offered to the LORD for the priests.
the candlestick
Exodus 25:31-39
31
"Make a lampstand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold; its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it.
32
Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side.
33
Each of the six branches is to have three decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
34
The shaft of the lampstand is to have four decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
35
There is to be one bud below each of the three pairs of branches.
36
The buds, the branches, and the lampstand are to be a single piece of pure hammered gold.
37
Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.
38
Make its tongs and trays of pure gold.
39
Use seventy-five pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and all this equipment.
Exodus 27:20
"Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.
Exodus 27:21
Aaron and his sons are to set up the lamp in the Tent of my presence outside the curtain which is in front of the Covenant Box. There in my presence it is to burn from evening until morning. This command is to be kept forever by the Israelites and their descendants.
Leviticus 24:2-4
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to give the following orders to the people of Israel: Bring pure olive oil of the finest quality for the lamps in the Tent, so that a light might be kept burning regularly.
3
Each evening Aaron shall light them and keep them burning until morning, there in the LORD's presence outside the curtain in front of the Covenant Box, which is in the Most Holy Place. This regulation is to be observed for all time to come.
4
Aaron shall take care of the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold and must see that they burn regularly in the LORD's presence.
we keep
Genesis 26:5
I will bless you, because Abraham obeyed me and kept all my laws and commands."
Numbers 9:19
When the cloud stayed over the Tent for a long time, they obeyed the LORD and did not move on.
Ezekiel 44:8
They have not taken charge of the sacred rituals in my Temple, but instead have put foreigners in charge.
Ezekiel 44:15
The Sovereign LORD said, "Those priests belonging to the tribe of Levi who are descended from Zadok, however, continued to serve me faithfully in the Temple when the rest of the people of Israel turned away from me. So now they are the ones who are to serve me and come into my presence to offer me the fat and the blood of the sacrifices.
Ezekiel 48:11
This holy area is to be for the priests who are descendants of Zadok. They served me faithfully and did not join the rest of the Israelites in doing wrong, as the other members of the tribe of Levi did.