incense altar
Aromatic offering platform
An incense altar is a platform or table used for burning incense in religious ceremonies.
In biblical and ancient Near Eastern contexts, it was a sacred furnishing in temples and tabernacles where priests offered fragrant smoke as worship or petition to a deity: The incense altar stood before the inner sanctuary.
- templeSacred worship structure
- holy of holiesMost sacred inner chamber
- sacred spaceArea reserved for worship
- prayerAddress to deity
- prayer beadsCounting aid for worship
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- incensefrankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, joss stick, joss sticks
- altarscommunion table, ofrenda
- home shrinesmandir, sacred space, ofrenda, prayer room, ancestral hall
- Second Temple JudaismSecond Temple, Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Dead Sea Scrolls
- Tabernacleholy of holies, holy place, menorah, mercy seat, tabernacle
- Temple worshiptemple priests, temple service, holy of holies, holy place, menorah
religious function
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Platform for religious offerings
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