Paul speaks of the golden censer as belonging to the tabernacle (Hebrews
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 Numbers 4:14;
Leviticus 16:12.