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Fire-Pan
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
FIRE'-PAN, one of the vessels of the temple-service. Ex 27:3; Ex 38:3; 2 Kgs 25:15; Jer 52:19. The same word is elsewhere rendered "snuff-dish," Ex 25:38; Ex 37:23; Num 4:9, and "censer." Lev 10:1; Num 16:12; Num 16:6 ff. These utensils were probably shallow metal vessels which served either to catch the snuff of the lamps when they were trimmed or to burn small quantities of incense.
Scripture references
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
FIRE'-PAN, one of the vessels of the temple-service. Ex 27:3; Ex 38:3; 2 Kgs 25:15; Jer 52:19. The same word is elsewhere rendered "snuff-dish," Ex 25:38; Ex 37:23; Num 4:9, and "censer." Lev 10:1; Num 16:12; Num 16:6 ff. These utensils were probably shallow metal vessels which served either to catch the snuff of the lamps when they were trimmed or to burn small quantities of incense.