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On it Aaron shall burn fragrant incense. Morning after morning, when he prepares the lamps, and again in the evening twilight, when he lights the lamps, he shall burn incense. Throughout your generations this shall be the regular incense offering before the Lord.

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“Aaron must burn fragrant incense(A) on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the generations to come.(B)

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18 the refined gold, and its weight, to be used for the altar of incense; and, finally, gold to fashion the chariot:[a] the cherubim spreading their wings and covering the ark of the covenant of the Lord.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:18 Chariot: this reference is probably inspired by the vision account in Ez 1:4–24; 10:1–22.

18 and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense.(A) He also gave him the plan for the chariot,(B) that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow(C) the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

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Then, at the time of the evening sacrifice, I rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the Lord, my God.

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Then, at the evening sacrifice,(A) I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands(B) spread out to the Lord my God

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Let my prayer be incense[a] before you;
    my uplifted hands an evening offering.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 141:2 Incense: lit., “smoke,” i.e., the fragrant fumes arising from the altar at the burning of sacrificial animals or of aromatic spices; also used in Rev 5:8 as a symbol of prayer. My uplifted hands: the gesture of supplication, cf. Ps 28:2; 63:5; 88:10; 119:48; 134:2; 143:6.

May my prayer be set before you like incense;(A)
    may the lifting up of my hands(B) be like the evening sacrifice.(C)

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21 I was still praying, when the man, Gabriel, whom I had seen in vision before, came to me in flight at the time of the evening offering.[a]

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  1. 9:21 At the time of the evening offering: between three and four in the afternoon.

21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriel,(A) the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.(B)

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