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On it Aaron shall burn fragrant incense. Morning after morning, when he prepares the lamps, and again in the evening twilight, when he lights the lamps, he shall burn incense. Throughout your generations this shall be the regular incense offering before the Lord.

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18 the refined gold, and its weight, to be used for the altar of incense; and, finally, gold to fashion the chariot:[a] the cherubim spreading their wings and covering the ark of the covenant of the Lord.(A)

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  1. 28:18 Chariot: this reference is probably inspired by the vision account in Ez 1:4–24; 10:1–22.

Then, at the time of the evening sacrifice, I rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the Lord, my God.

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Let my prayer be incense[a] before you;
    my uplifted hands an evening offering.(A)

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  1. 141:2 Incense: lit., “smoke,” i.e., the fragrant fumes arising from the altar at the burning of sacrificial animals or of aromatic spices; also used in Rev 5:8 as a symbol of prayer. My uplifted hands: the gesture of supplication, cf. Ps 28:2; 63:5; 88:10; 119:48; 134:2; 143:6.

21 I was still praying, when the man, Gabriel, whom I had seen in vision before, came to me in flight at the time of the evening offering.[a]

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  1. 9:21 At the time of the evening offering: between three and four in the afternoon.