Naked Bible 117: Ezekiel 8-9
The Naked Bible Podcast
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The Role of Incense in Israelite Worship
The serpent deities known from Egyptian Canaanite and Babylonian religions give grounds for supposing that this incident reflects the widespread influence of foreign cults on Israelite worship. In other words, you couldn't just walk around the Israelite camp or the city of Jerusalem and smell incense. When you smelled incense, it was a clue to your senses. It should have been a clue toyour brain that, oh, okay, this is divine territory.
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