Found 496 Results for: Incense Altar In The Bible
On the fifteenth day of Chislev in the year 145 the king built the appalling abomination on top of the altar of burnt offering; and altars were built in the surrounding towns of Judah (1 Maccabees 1, 54)
and incense offered at the doors of houses and in the streets. (1 Maccabees 1, 55)
On the twenty-fifth day of each month, sacrifice was offered on the altar erected on top of the altar of burnt offering. (1 Maccabees 1, 59)
As he finished speaking, a Jew came forward in the sight of all to offer sacrifice on the altar in Modein as the royal edict required. (1 Maccabees 2, 23)
When Mattathias saw this, he was fired with zeal; stirred to the depth of his being, he gave vent to his legitimate anger, threw himself on the man and slaughtered him on the altar. (1 Maccabees 2, 24)
At the same time he killed the king's commissioner who was there to enforce the sacrifice, and tore down the altar. (1 Maccabees 2, 25)
There they found the sanctuary deserted, the altar desecrated, the gates burnt down, and vegetation growing in the courts as it might in a wood or on some mountain, while the storerooms were in ruins. (1 Maccabees 4, 38)
They discussed what should be done about the altar of burnt offering which had been profaned, (1 Maccabees 4, 44)
They took unhewn stones, as the Law prescribed, and built a new altar on the lines of the old one. (1 Maccabees 4, 47)
They made new sacred vessels, and brought the lamp-stand, the altar of incense, and the table into the Temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 49)
They burned incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lamp-stand, and these shone inside the Temple. (1 Maccabees 4, 50)
and offered a lawful sacrifice on the new altar of burnt offering which they had made. (1 Maccabees 4, 53)
