'Symbol' in the Bible

Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a [living] serpent [like the royal symbol on the crown of Pharaoh]; and Moses ran from it.

You shall say to the Israelites, ‘This shall be a holy and sacred anointing oil, to Me [alone] throughout your generations.

He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

he burned fragrant incense [as a symbol of prayer] on it, just as the Lord commanded him.