FIREPAN @ - one of the vessels of the temple service. Exodus:27:3Exodus:38:3; 2Kings:25:15; Jeremiah:52:19) The same word is elsewhere rendered "snuff-dish," Exodus:25:38Exodus:37:23; Numbers:4:9) and "censer." Leviticus:10:1Leviticus:16:12; Numbers:16:6) ff. There appear, therefore, to have been two articles so called: one, like a chafing-dish, to carry live coals for the purpose of burning incense; another, like a snuffer-dish, to be used in trimming the lamps, in order to carry the snuffers and convey away the snuff.
