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When was Jesus Born

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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />

never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the<br />

people had committed in ignorance.<br />

In this description the table of incense is found not in the Assembly –<br />

the Holies, but inside the veil within the Most Holy Place. Does this<br />

contradict with the Old Testament arrangements where we find the<br />

incense table outside the veil. Notice again that the author of Hebrew<br />

makes specific mention of “<strong>When</strong> everything had been arranged like<br />

this” . Under normal circumstances the incense table is just outside the<br />

veil where the High Priest daily ministered.<br />

But on the Day of Atonement it is moved in by lifting the veil without<br />

opening it and enclosing the golden altar of incense inside the curtain.<br />

The golden altar of incense has been moved by the High Priest into the<br />

Most Holy Place, into the Presence of God. The process is now<br />

described. Having moved the incense table inside. Some suggest that<br />

there <strong>was</strong> a smaller incense table inside and a larger one outside.<br />

Another possible alternative is that the High Priest carried the incense<br />

in his hand as a censor when he entered the Holy of Holies along with<br />

the blood.<br />

On ordinary days, the golden altar of incense, sat in front of the curtain<br />

that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. It <strong>was</strong> a square<br />

with each side measuring 1.5 feet and <strong>was</strong> 3 feet high. It <strong>was</strong> made of<br />

acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold. Four horns protruded from<br />

the four corners of the altar.<br />

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