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Holy censers described in the Bible?

also known as: cencers, incensers, altar of incense

This is a Holy vessel in which incense was presented on “the golden altar” before Jehovah in the Holy Tabernacle and the temple (Exodus 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 (Leviticus 16:12-13), which sent up a cloud of smoke, filling the room with fragrance.

Apostle Paul

Paul speaks of the golden censer as belonging to the Tabernacle.

And behind the 2nd veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tablets of the covenant. —Hebrews 9:3, 4

The Greek word thumiaterion, here rendered “censer,” may more appropriately denote, as in the margin of Revised King James 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 censers in daily use were of brass (Numbers 16:39), and were designated by a different Hebrew name, miktereth (2 Chronicles 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;” Septuagint pureion = a fire-pan. Solomon prepared for the temple censers of pure gold (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:22).

Prophecy in Revelation

The Apostle John witnessed a future event in Heaven—an angel in the Apocalypse (aka The Great Tribuation) has a golden censer and sends God’s judgment upon the Earth.

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. …
Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. —Rev. 8:3, 5