Numbers 7:14

Verse 14. Mortar. Hebrew caph, which the Vulgate commonly renders phiala, “a cup,” ( Menochius.) may signify a spoon for incense, as it generally accompanies the censer. 3 Kennicott. 7:20. It means literally “the palm of the hand.” The high priest took his hands full of incense on the day of expiation. Leviticus 16:12. But on other occasions, a spoon was probably used to throw incense on the altar, or on the coals which were burning in the censers. Calmet.