Censer in Biblical History

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What is a Censer?
CEN'SER
Lev 10:1. A vessel used in the temple-service for the purpose of carrying the fire in which the incense was burned, taken from the perpetual supply on the altar of burnt offering. It was sometimes made of pure gold. 1 Kgs 7:50; 2 Chr 26:16, Acts 1:19. The censer was held in one Egyptian Censers. ( Wilkinson.) hand, and the incense was carried in the other hand. The priest strewed the pulverized incense upon the fire, and the cloud of smoke ascended up in a dark volume and filled the apartment with its fragrance. The word rendered "censer" in Heb 9:4 means a golden altar of incense.

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