John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 16:18
And they took every man his censer, and that fire in them ,.... That is, they came the next morning, according to order, prepared with their censers and incense; and they took fire from off the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the tabernacle: and laid incense thereon : upon the fire in their censers, and so burned it: and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; not in the holy place, where the altar of incense was, for that would not hold them;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 16:17
And take every man his censer, and put incense therein ,.... Which they were to bring with them the next day from their own tents; and these might be censers which they had in their several families, and which they had used in them before the order of priesthood was set up in Aaron's family, and limited to that; or they might be a sort of chafing dishes, or vessels like censers, and would serve the present purpose; they were ordered to put fire into them, that was to be taken from the altar... read more