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Revelation 8:2-4
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2 And I saw that the seven angels who stood before God were given seven trumpets.(A)

The Gold Censer. 3 Another angel came and stood at the altar,[a] holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne.(B) 4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:3 Altar: there seems to be only one altar in the heavenly temple, corresponding to the altar of holocausts in Rev 6:9, and here to the altar of incense in Jerusalem; cf. also Rev 9:13; 11:1; 14:18; 16:7.
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