Leviticus 16:12
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And taking the censer, which he hath filled with the burning coals of the altar, and taking up with his hands the compounded perfume for incense, he shall go in within the veil into the holy place:

from off

Leviticus 10:1 And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of Aaron, taking their censers, put fire therein, and incense on it, offering before the Lord strange fire: which was not commanded them.

Numbers 16:18,46 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing, . . .

Isaiah 6:6,7 And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar. . . .

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

sweet incense

Exodus 30:24-38 And of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the measure hin: . . .

Exodus 31:11 The oil of unction, and the incense of spices in the sanctuary, all things which I have commanded thee, shall they make.

Exodus 37:29 He compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices, according to the work of a perfumer.

Revelation 8:3,4 And another angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden censer: and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints, upon the golden altar which is before the throne of God. . . .

Context
The Sin Offering for the Priest
11After these things are duly celebrated, he shall offer the calf: and praying for himself and for his own house, he shall immolate it. 12And taking the censer, which he hath filled with the burning coals of the altar, and taking up with his hands the compounded perfume for incense, he shall go in within the veil into the holy place:13That when the perfumes are put upon the fire, the cloud and vapour thereof may cover the oracle, which is over the testimony, and he may not die.…
Cross References
Hebrews 9:7
But into the second, the high priest alone, once a year: not without blood, which he offereth for his own and the people's ignorance:

Revelation 8:5
And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar and cast it on the earth: and there were thunders and voices and lightnings and a great earthquake.

Exodus 30:34
And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight.

Leviticus 10:1
And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of Aaron, taking their censers, put fire therein, and incense on it, offering before the Lord strange fire: which was not commanded them.

Numbers 16:18
When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,

Deuteronomy 33:10
Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.

Lexicon
Then he must take
וְלָקַ֣ח (wə·lā·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a censer
הַ֠מַּחְתָּה (ham·maḥ·tāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4289: A fireholder, censer, snuff dish

full
מְלֹֽא־ (mə·lō-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4393: Fullness, that which fills

of burning
אֵ֞שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

coals
גַּֽחֲלֵי־ (ga·ḥă·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1513: An ember

from
מֵעַ֤ל (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the altar
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

before
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (mil·lip̄·nê)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and two handfuls
וּמְלֹ֣א (ū·mə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4393: Fullness, that which fills

of finely ground
דַּקָּ֑ה (daq·qāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1851: Crushed, small, thin

fragrant
סַמִּ֖ים (sam·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5561: Spice (used in incense)

incense,
קְטֹ֥רֶת (qə·ṭō·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7004: Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense

and take them
וְהֵבִ֖יא (wə·hê·ḇî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

inside
מִבֵּ֥ית (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

the veil.
לַפָּרֹֽכֶת׃ (lap·pā·rō·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6532: A separatrix, screen


Additional Translations
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.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 veil:

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:

And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil.

And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil.

and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:

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:

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:

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;
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