Psalm 141:2
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2 Let (A)my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and (B)the lifting up of my hands as (C)the evening sacrifice!
1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I desire then that (A)in every place the men should pray, (B)lifting (C)holy hands without anger or quarreling;
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Revelation 8:3-4
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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.
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Revelation 5:8
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8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders (A)fell down before the Lamb, (B)each holding a harp, and (C)golden bowls full of incense, (D)which are the prayers of the saints.
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Daniel 9:21
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21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man (A)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, (B)came to me in swift flight at (C)the time of the evening sacrifice.
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Psalm 134:2
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1 Kings 18:36
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36 And at the time of (A)the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, (B)God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that (C)you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that (D)I have done all these things at your word.
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Exodus 29:39
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39 One lamb you shall offer (A)in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer (B)at twilight.
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Malachi 1:11
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11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name (A)will be[a] great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name (B)will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 1:11 Or is (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Psalm 63:4
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Psalm 28:2
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2 (A)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I (B)lift up my hands
(C)toward your most holy sanctuary.[a]
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- Psalm 28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
Psalm 5:3
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3 O Lord, in (A)the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you[a] and (B)watch.
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- Psalm 5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you
Ezra 9:4
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4 Then all who (A)trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat (B)appalled until the evening sacrifice.
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Exodus 30:34-38
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34 The Lord said to Moses, (A)“Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), 35 and make an (B)incense blended as by the (C)perfumer, (D)seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting (E)where I shall meet with you. (F)It shall be most holy for you. 37 And the incense that you shall make (G)according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord. 38 (H)Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”
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Luke 1:9-10
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9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot (A)to enter (B)the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people (C)were praying (D)outside at the hour of incense.
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Numbers 16:46-48
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46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for (A)wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.” 47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and (B)the plague was stopped.
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Numbers 16:35
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35 And (A)fire came out from the Lord and consumed (B)the 250 men offering the incense.
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Leviticus 16:11-13
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11 “Aaron shall present (A)the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself. 12 And he shall take (B)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 13 (C)and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover (D)the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die.
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Leviticus 10:1-2
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The Death of Nadab and Abihu
10 Now (A)Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, (B)each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered (C)unauthorized[a] fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. 2 And fire (D)came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
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- Leviticus 10:1 Or strange
Exodus 30:7-9
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7 And Aaron shall (A)burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he (B)dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer (C)unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.
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Exodus 29:41-42
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41 The other lamb you shall offer (A)at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as (B)in the morning, for a (C)pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 42 It shall be a (D)regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, (E)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.
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