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numbers 16:17 "And each of you take his firepan and put incense on it, and each of you bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron [shall] each [bring] his firepan."
17. two hundred fifty censers--probably the small platters, common in
Egyptian families, where incense was offered to household deities and
which had been among the precious things borrowed at their departure
[Ex 12:35, 36].