Exodus 30:8
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
Cross-reference
Exodus 30:1 commands the construction of the incense altar that Aaron uses in 30:8 — instruction and execution are directly linked.
Exodus 25:37 gives the instruction to make and light the seven lamps, which Aaron does in this verse when he lights them at evening.
Exodus 27:20 commands oil for the lamp to burn continually, providing the fuel for the lamps Aaron lights in this verse.
Exodus 27:21 describes Aaron ordering the lamps from evening to morning, directly matching the evening lamp-lighting and incense burning here.
Exodus 29:42 establishes a continual burnt offering, parallel to the perpetual incense here — both are daily services before the LORD.
Hebrews 7:25 emphasizes Christ's everlasting intercession, prefigured by the perpetual incense offered each evening in the tabernacle.
Hebrews 9:24 describes Christ entering heaven to appear for us, as the high priest entered the holy place with incense — a type of this heavenly ministry.
2 Chronicles 26:18 rebukes Uzziah for attempting to burn incense — reinforcing that only Aaron's descendants may perform the duty from 30:8.
Luke 1:9 shows Zechariah performing the same incense-burning duty — fulfilling the perpetual incense command from Exodus 30:8.
Deuteronomy 33:10 describes the Levitical duty to 'put incense before you' — echoing the perpetual incense command in 30:8.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 commands unceasing prayer, which parallels the perpetual incense — a type of continual prayer ascending to God.
Leviticus 16:13 describes the high priest burning incense on the same altar on the Day of Atonement — a different ritual but same altar and substance.
Hebrews 9:6 summarizes the regular priestly service in the Holy Place — the context for the incense ritual of Exodus 30:8.
Numbers 7:14 records a gold pan of incense offered by tribal leaders — likely used on the same incense altar mentioned in 30:8.