34 And Jehovah went on to say to Moses: “Take to yourself perfumes:+ stacte drops and onycha and perfumed galbanum and pure frankincense.+ There should be the same portion of each.

36 And you must pound some of it into fine powder and put some of it before the Testimony in the tent of meeting,+ where I shall present myself to you.+ It should be most holy to YOU people.

4 The man gazed at him and, becoming frightened, said: “What is it, Lord?” He said to him: “Your prayers+ and gifts of mercy have ascended as a remembrance before God.+

8 And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders+ fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp+ and golden bowls that were full of incense, and the [incense]+ means* the prayers+ of the holy ones.

3 And another angel arrived and stood at the altar,+ having a golden incense vessel; and a large quantity of incense+ was given him to offer it with the prayers of all the holy ones upon the golden altar that was before the throne.