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Rev 8:3 — And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

another		Rev 7:2; Rev 10:1; Gen 48:15,16; Exd 3:2-18; Act 7:30-32
stood		Rev 9:13; Exd 30:1-8; 2Ch 26:16-20; Rom 8:34; Hbr 7:25
having		Lev 16:12; 1Ki 7:50; Hbr 9:4
much		Lev 16:13; Num 16:46,47; Mal 1:11
offer it with the prayers		or, add it to the prayers. Rev 8:4; Rev 5:8; Psa 141:2; Luk 1:10; Hbr 4:15,16; Hbr 10:19-22; 1Jo 2:1,2
the golden		Rev 6:9; Rev 9:13; Exd 37:25,26; Exd 40:26

Correlating Passages

another

	Rev 7:2	And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
	Rev 10:1	And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
	Gen 48:15	And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
	Gen 48:16	The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
	Exd 3:2	And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
	Exd 3:3	And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
	Exd 3:4	And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I.
	Exd 3:5	And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.
	Exd 3:6	Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
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	Act 7:30	And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
	Act 7:31	When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came unto him,
	Act 7:32	[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

stood

	Rev 9:13	And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
	Exd 30:1	And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
	Exd 30:2	A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] of the same.
	Exd 30:3	And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
	Exd 30:4	And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make [it]; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
	Exd 30:5	And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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	2Ch 26:16	But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
	2Ch 26:17	And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, [that were] valiant men:
	2Ch 26:18	And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the LORD God.
	2Ch 26:19	Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
	2Ch 26:20	And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
	Rom 8:34	Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
	Hbr 7:25	Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

having

	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 vail:
	1Ki 7:50	And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple.
	Hbr 9:4	Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

much

	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:
	Num 16:46	And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
	Num 16:47	And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
	Mal 1:11	For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

offer it with the prayers

	Rev 8:4	And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
	Rev 5:8	And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
	Psa 141:2	Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
	Luk 1:10	And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
	Hbr 4:15	For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
	Hbr 4:16	Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
	Hbr 10:19	Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
	Hbr 10:20	By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
	Hbr 10:21	And [having] an high priest over the house of God;
	Hbr 10:22	Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
	1Jo 2:1	My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
	1Jo 2:2	And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

the golden

	Rev 6:9	And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
	Rev 9:13	And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
	Exd 37:25	And he made the incense altar [of] shittim wood: the length of it [was] a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; [it was] foursquare; and two cubits [was] the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
	Exd 37:26	And he overlaid it with pure gold, [both] the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
	Exd 40:26	And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:

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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 8:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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