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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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