firepan

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firepan - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Firepan
  (Ex. 27:3; 38:3), one of the vessels of the temple service
  (rendered "snuff-dish" Ex. 25:38; 37:23; and "censer" Lev. 10:1;
  16:12). It was probably a metallic cinder-basin used for the
  purpose of carrying live coal for burning incense, and of
  carrying away the snuff in trimming the lamps.