² and take it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour^(A) and oil, together with all the incense,^(B) and burn this as a memorial^[a] portion^(C) on the altar, a food offering,^(D) an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^(E)

⁵ eighty men who had shaved off their beards,^(A) torn their clothes^(B) and cut^(C) themselves came from Shechem,^(D) Shiloh^(E) and Samaria,^(F) bringing grain offerings and incense^(G) with them to the house of the Lord.^(H)

¹⁷ We will certainly do everything we said we would:^(A) We will burn incense^(B) to the Queen of Heaven^(C) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials^(D) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.^(E) At that time we had plenty of food^(F) and were well off and suffered no harm.^(G)

⁴¹ You sat on an elegant couch,^(A) with a table^(B) spread before it on which you had placed the incense^(C) and olive oil that belonged to me.^(D)