1; The altar of incense.
11; The ransom of souls.
17; The brazen laver.
22; The holy anointing oil.
34; The composition of the incense.
* The Samaritan inserts the first ten verses of this chapter
after ver. 32; of chap. 26.
* an altar.
7,8,10 37:25-28 40:5 Le 4:7,18 1Ki 6:20 2Ch 26:16 Re 8:3
* to burn incense.
Where so many sacrifices were offered, it was essentially
necessary to have some pleasing perfume to counteract the
disagreeable smells that must have arisen from the slaughter
of so many animals, the burning of so much flesh, the
sprinkling of the blood. No blood was ever sprinkled on this
altar, except once a year, on the grand day of expiation. It
was called also the golden altar (Nu 4:11); and the incense
was as constantly burnt on it every day, as the morning and
evening sacrifice of a lamb was burnt on the brazen altar.
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