qe.to.ret is the fragrant substance prepared, placed in censers or dishes, and burned before the LORD.

The term denotes a fragrant prepared substance used in worship settings: it is made from spices, placed on fire or in vessels, burned before the LORD, and also names the substance associated with a designated altar. The same material can be presented improperly or set before images, showing that the verses distinguish its use by context.

1. Fragrant substance used in ritual burning · dominant

   In Exodus 30:35 the singular noun is described in the clause that the APB renders “a spice mixture, salted, pure, set apart”; Exodus 30:7 places it on the altar for Aaron to burn. In Leviticus 16:13 it is put on fire so that its cloud covers the mercy seat, while Numbers 7:14 shows a gold dish filled with it. The same noun also occurs in altar descriptions, as in Exodus 30:1 and Exodus 40:5, where the APB renders an altar made or placed for this substance.

   Exodus 30:35Exodus 30:7Leviticus 16:13Numbers 7:14Exodus 30:1Exodus 40:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the noun as “incense,” including material placed on fire, filling a dish, or associated with an altar. It also uses expanded phrases such as “fragrant incense” and “incense of spices”; these are translation renderings rather than definitions.