Exodus 30:7
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7 On it Aaron shall burn fragrant incense. Morning after morning, when he prepares the lamps,
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Exodus 30:8
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8 and again in the evening twilight, when he lights the lamps, he shall burn incense. Throughout your generations this shall be the regular incense offering before the Lord.
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Daniel 11:36
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36 “The king shall do as he wills, exalting himself and making himself greater than any god; he shall utter dreadful blasphemies against the God of gods. He shall prosper only till the wrath is finished, for what is determined must take place.
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Daniel 11:37
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37 He shall have no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the one in whom women delight;[a] for no god shall he have regard, because he shall make himself greater than all.
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- 11:37 The one in whom women delight: Tammuz. Antiochus favored the cult of Zeus. Daniel takes this to imply the neglect of all other gods, although this does not appear to have been the case.
2 Thessalonians 2:3
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3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For unless the apostasy comes first and the lawless one is revealed,[a] the one doomed to perdition,
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- 2:3b–5 This incomplete sentence (anacoluthon, 2 Thes 2:4) recalls what the Thessalonians had already been taught, an apocalyptic scenario depicting, in terms borrowed especially from Dn 11:36–37 and related verses, human self-assertiveness against God in the temple of God itself. The lawless one represents the climax of such activity in this account.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 (A)who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so as to seat himself in the temple of God,[a] claiming that he is a god—
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- 2:4 Seat himself in the temple of God: a reflection of the language in Dn 7:23–25; 8:9–12; 9:27; 11:36–37; 12:11 about the attempt of Antiochus IV Epiphanes to set up a statue of Zeus in the Jerusalem temple and possibly of the Roman emperor Caligula to do a similar thing (Mk 13:14). Here the imagery suggests an attempt to install someone in the place of God, claiming that he is a god (cf. Ez 28:2). Usually, it is the Jerusalem temple that is assumed to be meant; on the alternative view sketched above (see note on 2 Thes 2:1–17), the temple refers to the Christian community.
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