KJV King James Version
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail:
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Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
WEB World English Bible
He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
ASV American Standard Version
And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought it within the vail;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 16
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, [and] to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which [is] for himself:
12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that [is] upon the testimony, that he die not:
14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that [is] for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
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וְלָקַ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמְלֹֽא־H4393 · me.lofullnessהַ֠מַּחְתָּהH4289 · mach.tahcenserגַּֽחֲלֵי־H1513 · ge.chelcoalאֵ֞שׁH784 · eshfireמֵעַ֤לH5921 · aluponהַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙H4196 · miz.be.achaltarמִלִּפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוּמְלֹ֣אH4393 · me.lofullnessחָפְנָ֔יוH2651 · cho.phenpalmקְטֹ֥רֶתH7004 · qe.to.retincenseסַמִּ֖יםH5561 · samspiceדַּקָּ֑הH1851 · daqthinוְהֵבִ֖יאH935 · boto come (in): comeמִבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceלַפָּרֹֽכֶת׃H6532 · po.re.khetcurtain
Cross-references
Leviticus 10:1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.Exodus 30:34-38And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:Revelation 8:3-4And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.Numbers 16:46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.Exodus 31:11And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy [place]: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.Numbers 16:18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.Isaiah 6:6-7Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:Hebrews 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?Exodus 37:29And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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