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Large shovel, scraper

Human-made Things in the Bible

The scraper was used to remove the refuse from the altar after a victim had been burned. It may have resembled a kind of shovel, with which the ashes could be lifted, or a kind of rake or hoe, with which they could be scraped into the bronze pot (see Pan, pot, pail).

Pictures

Large shovels to remove refuse from the altar
Large shovels to remove refuse from the altarGary Todd, Israel Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

יָע ya‘ · 9 verses

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Also in Tabernacle and Temple implements

Pan, pot, pail10 versesFork7 versesTongs7 versesBasin, bowl41 versesSmall shovel, firepan17 versesCenser8 versesPlate17 versesIncense dish23 versesJar for the wine offering, libation vessel5 verses

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema