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,

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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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and (A)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.

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13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from (A)the four horns of the golden altar before God,

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Let (A)my prayer be counted as incense before you,
    and (B)the lifting up of my hands as (C)the evening sacrifice!

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10 And the whole multitude of the people (A)were praying (B)outside at the hour of incense.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:11 Or is (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)

having the golden (A)altar of incense and (B)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was (C)a golden urn holding the manna, and (D)Aaron's staff that budded, and (E)the tablets of the covenant.

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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.

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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 13 (B)and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover (C)the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die.

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Making the Altar of Incense

25 (A)He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26 He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,

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Uzziah's Pride and Punishment

16 But when (A)he was strong, (B)he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 But (C)Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the Lord who were men of valor, 18 and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, (D)“It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, (E)but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the Lord God.” 19 Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, (F)leprosy[a] broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, by the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they rushed him out quickly, and he himself hurried to go out, because the Lord had struck him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:19 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

26 (A)He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

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Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (B)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the sins of the whole world.

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The Full Assurance of Faith

19 (A)Therefore, brothers,[a] since we have confidence to enter (B)the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by (C)the new and living way that he opened for us through (D)the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have (E)a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts (F)sprinkled clean (G)from an evil conscience and our bodies (H)washed with pure water.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:19 Or brothers and sisters

25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] (A)those who draw near to God (B)through him, since he always lives (C)to make intercession for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times

15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin. 16 (D)Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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34 (A)Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—(B)who is at the right hand of God, (C)who indeed is interceding for us.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:34 Or Is it Christ Jesus who died… for us?

30 “Now when forty years had passed, (A)an angel appeared to him (B)in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: 32 (C)‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.

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The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:

(A)“Strike the capitals until (B)the thresholds (C)shake,
    (D)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
    (E)not one of them shall flee away;
    not one of them shall escape.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:1 Or on
  2. Amos 9:1 Hebrew all of them

50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and (A)fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, (B)the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.

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The Altar of Incense

30 (A)“You shall make (B)an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. A cubit[a] shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. (C)Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall (D)overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be (E)holders for poles with which to carry it. You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the (F)mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. And Aaron shall (G)burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he (H)dresses the lamps he shall burn it, and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 30:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

(A)And (B)the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, (C)God called to him (D)out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; (E)take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” And he said, (F)“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for (G)he was afraid to look at God.

Then the Lord said, (H)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (I)taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and (J)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and (K)to bring them up out of that land to a (L)good and broad land, a land (M)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (N)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, (O)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the (P)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 (Q)Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” 11 But Moses said to God, (R)“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” 12 He said, (S)“But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, (T)you shall serve God on this mountain.”

13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: (U)I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord,[b] the (V)God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is (W)my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. 16 Go and (X)gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, (Y)“I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt, 17 and I promise that (Z)I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land (AA)flowing with milk and honey.”’ 18 And (AB)they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel (AC)shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has (AD)met with us; and now, please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:14 Or I am what I am, or I will be what I will be
  2. Exodus 3:15 The word Lord, when spelled with capital letters, stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be” in verse 14

Then I saw another angel ascending (A)from the rising of the sun, with (B)the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,

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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the witness they had borne.

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