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"You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
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The Fragrance of Prayer
Commentators universally connect the altar of incense to prayer. Just as the smoke of the incense ascended as a pleasing aroma, the prayers of God's people rise to Him. John Calvin explains this altar assured the Israelites that their worship was a "sweet fragrance" to God, a concept echoed in the New Testament where incense is linked to the prayers of the saints (Revelation 5:8).
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Exodus 37:25–28; Exodus 40:26–27). The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood ([Reference Exodus 25…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon. —Why the directions concerning the altar of incense were delayed until thi…
16th Century
Protestant
And you shall make an altar. God now issues His commands concerning the altar of burnt incense, by which the people were assured that the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call it incense of spices, prop…
The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned on it typified his pleading for his people. The continu…
