mach.tah denotes a vessel used with fire, burning coals, or incense and listed among altar and lampstand equipment.

The occurrences consistently show a vessel associated with fire, burning coals, and incense, or listed among the equipment of the altar and lampstand. Singular forms occur where an individual takes or carries one, while plural forms occur in inventories and descriptions of sanctuary furnishings.

1. Vessel for fire, coals, and incense · dominant

   In Leviticus 10:1, the singular construct form is the item each of Aaron's sons takes, into which fire is put and on which incense is placed; the APB renders the clause with “his censer.” In Leviticus 16:12, the singular absolute form is filled with burning coals from the altar, while Numbers 16:17 describes men putting incense on their individual items before the LORD. Plural forms also appear in equipment lists: Exodus 25:38 places them with the lampstand's tongs, and Numbers 4:14 lists them among the altar's vessels.

   Leviticus 10:1Leviticus 16:12Numbers 16:17Numbers 16:18Exodus 25:38Numbers 4:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the surrounding clause identifies the item, the APB regularly presents it as “censer” or “censers,” especially in accounts involving fire, coals, incense, and sanctuary equipment. The contribution of the supplied forms in Numbers 17:2, Numbers 17:3, and Numbers 17:4 cannot be isolated from the APB's wording, which instead speaks of rods.