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Thoughts And Things Of The Bible --
Censer
A censer was a vessel in which incense was presented on "the
golden altar" before the Lord in the temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The
priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on the
altar of burnt-offering, and having carried it into the sanctuary, there
threw upon the burning coals the sweet incense (Lev. 16:12, 13), which
sent up a cloud of smoke, filling the apartment with fragrance. The
censers in daily use were of brass (Num. 16:39), and were designated by
a different Hebrew name, miktereth (2 Chr. 26:19; Ezek. 8:11): while
those used on the day of Atonement were of gold, and were denoted by a
word (mahtah) meaning "something to take fire with;" LXX.
pureion = a fire-pan. Solomon prepared for the temple censers of pure
gold (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22). The angel in the Apocalypse is
represented with a golden censer (Rev. 8:3, 5). Paul speaks of the
golden censer as belonging to the tabernacle (Heb. 9:4). The Greek word
thumiaterion, here rendered "censer," may more appropriately
denote, as in the margin of Revised Version, "the altar of
incense." Paul does not here say that the thumiaterion was in the
holiest, for it was in the holy place, but that the holiest had it,
i.e., that it belonged to the holiest (1 Kings 6:22). It was intimately
connected with the high priest's service in the holiest. The manner in
which the censer is to be used is described in Num. 4:14; Lev. 16:12.
A small portable vessel of metal fitted to receive burning coals from
the altar, and on which the incense for burning was sprinkled. (2
Chronicles 26:19; Luke 1:9) The only distinct precepts regarding the use
of the censer are found in (Leviticus 16:12) and in (Numbers 4:14)
Solomon prepared "censers of pure gold" as part of the temple
furniture. (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:22) The word rendered
"censer" in (Hebrews 9:4) probably means the "altar of
incense."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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