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5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And you shall put it before the aveil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the bmercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.  
7 “Aaron shall burn on it asweet incense every morning; when bhe tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.  
8 And when Aaron lights the lamps1 at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
9 You shall not offer astrange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.  
10 And aAaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”  
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Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense—literally, "incense of spices"—Strong aromatic substances were burnt upon this altar to counteract by their odoriferous fragrance the offensive fumes of the sacrifices; or the incense was employed in an offering of tributary homage which the Orientals used to make as a mark of honor to kings; and as God was Theocratic Ruler of Israel, His palace was not to be wanting in a usage of such significancy. Both these ends were served by this altar—that of fumigating the apartments of the sacred edifice, while the pure lambent flame, according to Oriental notions, was an honorary tribute to the majesty of Israel's King. But there was a far higher meaning in it still; for as the tabernacle was not only a palace for Israel's King, but a place of worship for Israel's God, this altar was immediately connected with a religious purpose. In the style of the sacred writers, incense was a symbol or emblem of prayer (Psalms 141:2; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3). From the uniform combination of the two services, it is evident that the incense was an emblem of the prayers of sincere worshippers ascending to heaven in the cloud of perfume; and, accordingly, the priest who officiated at this altar typified the intercessory office of Christ (Luke 1:10; Hebrews 7:25).

every morning . . . at even—In every period of the national history this daily worship was scrupulously observed.




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