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Incense

Question

Was the incense used in the Tabernacle red in color? Was some discovered in 1992? Thanks

Answer

Shalom! 

Thank you for your question.

While there is a theory that the dry incense mixture was red or reddish-brown in color, there is no positive identification that this was so.


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