Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.

“Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.

according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

The lifting

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary

And bless the Lord.

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

The evening

The one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word.

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering.

while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

General references

The priest shall offer up in smoke its memorial portion, part of its grits and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the Lord.

Let my prayer come before You;

Incline Your ear to my cry!

And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.