And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
12. And he shall take a censer full. Before he takes the blood into the sanctuary, (the priest) is commanded to offer incense. There was, as we have seen, an altar of incense, on which the priest burnt it, but without the veil; but now he is ordered to go within the veil, to make “Pour faire ce perfum exquis et solennel:” to make the exquisite and solemn incense-offering.
The Jewish writers say that for seven days before the day of expiation the high priest was to retire from his own house, and to dwell in a chamber of the temple, that he might prepare himself for the service of this great day.
Commenting on Leviticus 16:5-14
And he shall take a censer,.... A fire pan, a sort of chafing dish or perfuming pot; this was a golden one, as appears from Heb 9:4; hence Christ, the Angel of God's presence, our interceding High Priest, is said to have such an one, Rev 8:3; and so Josephus says (g), it was a golden one the high priest used on the day of...