⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

³ And another angel came and stood ^(A)at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with ^(B)the prayers of all the saints on ^(C)the golden altar before the throne, ⁴ and ^(D)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. ⁵ Then the angel took the censer and ^(E)filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and ^(F)there were peals of ^(G)thunder, rumblings,^[a] flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^(A)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(B)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(C)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(D)on our behalf. ²⁵ Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as ^(E)the high priest enters ^(F)the holy places every year with blood not his own, ²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, ^(G)he has appeared ^(H)once for all ^(I)at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

² And he said to ^(A)the man clothed in linen, “Go in among ^(B)the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with ^(C)burning coals from between the cherubim, and ^(D)scatter them over the city.”

And he went in ^(E)before my eyes.

¹⁰ We have an altar ^(A)from which those who serve the tent^[a] have no right to eat.

⁷ Of the angels he says,

² Above him stood the seraphim. Each had ^(A)six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

¹² And he shall take ^(A)a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits ^(A)sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to ^(B)inherit salvation?