Exodus 30:7

30:7 Aaron is to burn sweet incense ¹  on it morning by morning; when he attends ²  to the lamps he is to burn incense. ³ 

Exodus 35:15

35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

Exodus 25:6

25:6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense,

Exodus 30:27

30:27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

Exodus 31:8

31:8 the table with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

Exodus 35:8

35:8 olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

Exodus 37:29

37:29 He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

Exodus 40:27

40:27 and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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¹ tn The text uses a cognate accusative (“incense”) with the verb “to burn” or “to make into incense/sweet smoke.” Then, the noun “sweet spices” is added in apposition to clarify the incense as sweet.

² tn The Hebrew is בְּהֵיטִיבוֹ (bÿhetivo), a Hiphil infinitive construct serving in a temporal clause. The Hebrew verb means “to make good” and so in this context “to fix” or “to dress.” This refers to cleansing and trimming the lamps.

³ sn The point of the little golden altar of incense is normally for intercessory prayer, and then at the Day of Atonement for blood applied atonement. The instructions for making it show that God wanted his people to make a place for prayer. The instructions for its use show that God expects that the requests of his people will be pleasing to him.