²⁵ And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.

¹ And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.

² The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.

³ It is to be plated with the best gold, the top of it and the sides and the horns, with an edging of gold all round it.

⁴ Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.

⁵ And make these rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

³ And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.

⁴ And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.

⁵ You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

²⁵ So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

⁹ And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

¹⁰ And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

¹⁹ You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

¹⁶ But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.

²⁶ And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:

²⁷ Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.

⁵ And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.