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Firepan

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A utensil made of bronze (Exodus 27:3 ) or gold (1 Kings 7:50 , KJV, “censers”) used to carry live coals from the altar of burnt offering (Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3 ), as censers for burning incense (Numbers 16:6 ,Numbers 16:6,16:17 ), and as trays for collecting the burnt wicks from the tabernacle lamps (Exodus 25:38; Exodus 37:23; the “snuffdishes” of the KJV).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Firepan'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​f/firepan.html. 1991.
 
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