Leviticus 16:12 Commentary - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(12) A censer full of burning coals.—After the bullock was slain, and before its blood was sprinkled, the high priest took the censer, which on this occasion was a golden one, and filled it with brightly glowing coals. These he took off from that part of the ever-burning fire on the altar of burnt offering or brazen altar which was next to the west, towards the Holy of Holies, where the Lord had His dwelling. This is the sense which the canonical law attached to the phrase here “before the Lord.”
And his hands full of sweet incense.—Having provided himself with two handfuls of the finest incense, and holding the censer with the fire in his right hand, and the cup with the incense in his left, he now entered for the first time through the second vail into the Holy of Holies, advanced to the ark of the covenant, and deposited the censer between its two staves. During the second Temple he stepped forward to the stone which was the substitute of the Ark, and placed the censer upon it.
Consult other comments:
Leviticus 16:12 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Leviticus 16:12 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Leviticus 16:12 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 16:12 - Geneva Bible Notes
Leviticus 16:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Leviticus 16:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 16:12 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Leviticus 16:12 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Leviticus 16:12 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 16:12 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Leviticus 16:12 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Charles John Ellicott (1819 - 1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter, then Bishop of the united see of Gloucester and Bristol.
His works include:
- An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1897. (Editor)
- A New Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1878.