Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it. The incense altar is exclusively for incense — no other type of offering is permitted on it. The burnt offerings and grain offerings belong to the bronze altar in the courtyard; the incense belongs to the golden altar in the Holy Place. The separation of the offering types prevents the incense altar from becoming a catch-all worship surface and ensures that each type of offering is made in its proper location with its proper significance. The discipline of proper form in worship — the right offering on the right altar — is the discipline that protects the integrity of the entire sacrificial system.

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