Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'incense' occurs 129 times in the standard works.

37 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'incense' in the standard works and contain 28.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 26:16-19 (6 in 4 verses)

Ex. 30:7-9 (5 in 3 verses)


Lev. 16:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

 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 veil:

 16:13 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:




1 Kgs. 12:33-13:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 44:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 1:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 35:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 16:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 8:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 124 17 141
Ex. 19 1 20
Lev. 5 7 12
Num. 21 1 22
Deut. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 3 1 4
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Neh. 0 2 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Song. 0 3 3
Isa. 6 2 8
Jer. 23 0 23
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hosea 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 5 2 7
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 129 19 148

Lev. 2:1
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

Lev. 2:2
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:

Lev. 2:15
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.

Lev. 2:16
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Lev. 4:7
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Lev. 5:11
But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

Lev. 6:15
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord.

Lev. 10:1
And 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.

Lev. 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 veil:

Lev. 16:13
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:

Lev. 24:7
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.