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You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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The Scent of Remembrance
Commentators explain that the frankincense was the actual 'offering made by fire.' While the bread was eaten by the priests, the incense was burned on the altar as a 'memorial.' This act symbolically represented the entire offering to God, serving as a fragrant reminder of His covenant people, Israel.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecosta…
19th Century
Anglican
Shalt put pure frankincense upon each row. —Better, shalt place pure frankincense by each pile. As the two piles of six c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall put pure frankincense upon [each] row Two cups of frankincense, in each of which was an handful of it,…
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