Snuff dish
Snuff dish
(, machtah, Exodus 25:38; 27:23; Sept. ; Vulg. vasum; elsewhere censer or fire-pan), a tray for catching the snuff of the lamps of the golden candelabrum; resembling a fire pan or shovel, as the same Hebrew word elsewhere means (Lev 16:12; Exo 27:3; Exo 38:3; Num 16:6 sq.; 1Ki 7:50, etc.). SEE CANDLESTICK.