#22 Tabernacle: Incense: Scriptures

EXO 25:6 oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

EXO 30:1 “Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

EXO 30:7 “And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. EXO 30:8 “And when Aaron trims the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense. { There shall be} perpetual incense before the \Lord\ throughout your generations. EXO 30:9 “You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a libation on it.

EXO 30:27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

EXO 30:35 “And with it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, {and} holy.

EXO 30:37 “And the incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the \ Lord. \

EXO 31:8 the table also and its utensils, and the pure {gold} lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, EXO 31:11 the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make {them} according to all that I have commanded you. “ EXO 35:8 and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense,

EXO 35:15 and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle;

EXO 35:28 and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.

EXO 37:25 Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were {of one piece} with it. EXO 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

EXO 39:38 and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent;

EXO 40:5 “Moreover, you shall set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle.

EXO 40:27 and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the \Lord\ had commanded Moses.

LEV 2:15 ‘You shall then put oil on it and lay incense on it; it is a grain offering. LEV 2:16 ‘And the priest shall offer up in smoke its memorial portion, part of its grits and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the \Lord.\

LEV 4:7 ‘The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense which is before the \Lord\ in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

LEV 5:11 ‘But if his means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering.

LEV 6:15 ‘Then one {of them} shall lift up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer {it} up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to the \Lord.\ LEV 10:1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the \Lord\, which He had not commanded them.

LEV 16:12 “And he shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the \Lord\, and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring {it} inside the veil. LEV 16:13 “And he shall put the incense on the fire before the \Lord,\ that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on {the ark of} the testimony, lest he die.

NUM 7:14 one gold pan of ten {shekels,} full of incense;

NUM 7:86 the twelve gold pans, full of incense, {weighing} ten {shekels} apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 {shekels;} NUM 16:7 and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of the \Lord\ tomorrow; and the man whom the \Lord\ chooses {shall be} the one who is holy. You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi! “

NUM 16:17 “And each of you take his firepan and put incense on it, and each of you bring his censer before the \Lord,\ two hundred and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron {shall} each {bring} his firepan.” NUM 16:18 So they each took his {own} censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

NUM 16:35 Fire also came forth from the \Lord\ and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

NUM 16:40 as a reminder to the sons of Israel that no layman who is not of the descendants of Aaron should come near to burn incense before the \Lord;\ that he might not become like Korah and his company-- just as the \Lord\ had spoken to him through Moses.

NUM 16:46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense {on it;} then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the \Lord,\ the plague has begun!” NUM 16:47 Then Aaron took {it} as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put {on} the incense and made atonement for the people.

DEU 33:10 “They shall teach Thine ordinances to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel. They shall put incense before Thee, And whole burnt offerings on Thine altar.

1SA 2:28 ‘And did I {not} choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I {not} give to the house of your father all the fire {offerings} of the sons of Israel?

1KI 9:25 Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the \Lord,\ burning incense with them {on the altar} which {was} before the \Lord.\ So he finished the house.

1CH 23:13 The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the \Lord,\ to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.

1CH 28:18 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, {even} the cherubim, that spread out {their wings,} and covered the ark of the covenant of the \Lord.\

2CH 2:4 “Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the \Lord\ my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him, and { to set out} the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the \Lord\ our God, this {being required} forever in Israel. 2CH 2:6 “But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn {incense} before Him?

2CH 13:11 “And every morning and evening they burn to the \Lord\ burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is {set} on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is {ready} to light every evening; for we keep the charge of the \Lord\ our God, but you have forsaken Him.

2CH 26:16 But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the \Lord\ his God, for he entered the temple of the \Lord\ to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2CH 26:18 And they opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the \Lord,\ but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and will have no honor from the \Lord\ God.” 2CH 26:19 But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the \ Lord, \beside the altar of incense.

2CH 29:7 “They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 2CH 29:11 “My sons, do not be negligent now, for the \Lord\ has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense.”

2CH 32:12 ‘Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense”?

PSA 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before Thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

ISA 1:13 “Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

ISA 43:23 “You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings; Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.

ISA 66:3 “{But} he who kills an ox is {like} one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is {like} the one who breaks a dog’s neck; He who offers a grain offering {is like one who offers} swine’s blood; He who burns incense is {like} the one who blesses an idol. As they have chosen their {own} ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,

JER 17:26 “They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the \Lord.\

EZE 8:11 And standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising.

EZE 16:18 “Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.

EZE 23:41 and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

MAL 1:11 “For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name {will be} great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering {that is} pure; for My name {will be} great among the nations,” says the \Lord\ of hosts.

LUK 1:9 according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. LUK 1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering. LUK 1:11 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

HEB 9:4 having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which {was} a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant.

REV 5:8 And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

REV 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

REV 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.