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    The tabernacle with coverings pulled back showing the interior and framework. Next to it are the copper basin and the altar of burnt offering.

    TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD | EXODUS 37-38

    Tabernacle Altars and Their Role in True Worship

    37:25, 29; 38:1

    The tabernacle altars were built according to Jehovah’s instructions and had special significance.

    • The incense altar.

      Like the burning of skillfully blended incense, acceptable prayers offered up by Jehovah’s servants are pleasing to him

    • The altar of burnt offering.

      Jehovah accepted sacrifices made on the altar of burnt offering. Its location in front of the sanctuary reminds us that faith in the ransom sacrifice of Jesus is necessary for acceptance by God.​—Joh 3:16-18; Heb 10:5-10

    How can we prepare our prayers as incense before God?​—Ps 141:2