Numbers 21
6.
|7971| So, sent
|3068| Yahweh
|5971| among the people
|2120| snakes
|8314| fiery.
|5391| And they bit
|5971| the people,
|4191| and died
|5971| people
|7227| many
|3478| of Israel.
7.
|0925| And came in
|5971| the people
|4872| to Moses
|0559| and said,
|2398| We have sinned,
|0000| because
|1696| we have spoken
|3068| against Yahweh
|0000| and against you!
|6275| Pray
|3068| to Yahweh,
|5493| and He will turn
|5921| from us
|5175| the snake.
|6419| So, prayed
|4872| Moses
|5704| for
|5971| the people.
8.
|1696| And spoke
|3068| Yahweh
|0413| to
|4872| Moses,
|6213| Make
|0000| yourself
|8314| a fiery {snake}
|5186| and set
|0000| it
|5921| on
|5251| a pole.
|1961| And it will be,
|3605| when anyone
|5391| is bitten,
|7200| when he sees
|0000| it,
|2421| he will live.
9.
|8384| So made
|4872| Moses
|5175| a snake of
|5178| copper,
|7896| and put it
|5921| on
|5251| a pole.
|1961| And it was,
|5391| if had bitten
|5175| a snake
|0376| any man,
|5027| when he looked
|0413| to
|5175| the snake of
|5178| bronze,
|2425| he lived.
2 Kings 18
4.
|1931| He
|5493| took away
|1116| the high places,
|7665| and broke in pieces
|7969| the
|4676| standing pillars,
|3772| and cut down
|7969| the
|0842| Asherah,
|3807| and beat to bits
|5175| the serpent
|5178| bronze
|0834| that
|6213| made
|4872| Moses,
|3588| for
|5704| to
|3117| days
|1992| those
|1961| it was
|1121| the sons of
|3478| Israel
|6999| burned incense
|0000| to it.
|7121| And called
|1961| it
|5180| Nehushtan.
Strong's Number: 5180
Transliterated: Nchushtan
Phonetic: nekh-oosh-tawn'
Text: from 5178; something made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert: --Nehushtan.
Doesn't say they worshipped it as God!
Who else burn incense nowdays?
When, exactly, incense was introduced into the religious services of the Catholic Church it is not easy to say. During the first four centuries there is no evidence for its use. The earliest authentic reference to its use in the service of the Church is found in Pseudo-Dionysius ("De Hier. Ecc.", III, 2). The Liturgies of Sts. James and Mark -- which in their present form are not older than the fifth century -- refer to its use at the Sacred Mysteries. A Roman Ordo of the seventh century mentions that it was used in the procession of the bishop to the altar and on Good Friday (cf. "Ordo Romanus VIII" of St. Amand). In the present discipline of the Western Church incense is used at solemn Mass, solemn blessings, functions, and processions, choral offices, and absolutions for the dead. On these occasions persons, places, and things such as relics of Christ and the saints, crucifix, altar, book of Gospels, coffin, remains, sepulchre, etc. are incensed.
Incense, with its sweet-smelling perfume and high-ascending smoke, is typical of the good Christian's prayer.
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