The Author of Hebrews (who I believe is Paul but I won't belabor the point here) in chapter 9 talks about the Menorah and the Table of Shewbread in the Holy Place, and then The Golden Censer and The Ark in the Holy of Holies.
There is a common claim that this is an error or contradiction because many people assume that by "Golden Censer" the Author must mean the Altar of Incense even though you would use completely different words for that. Revelation 8:3-5 and Hebrew 7:13 use completely different words for Altar. The word for Incense is related to this word for Censor but distinct.
This is the only time this precise Greek word for Censer is used in the New Testament, Revelation 8 does use a different word. However the Septuagint uses this word twice in 2 Chronicles 26:19 and Ezekiel 8:11 where a Hebrew word Censer is what it's translating.
The problem is the definition given to this word in the Strongs Concordance will say it means the Altar of Incense, but that's wrong, the Strongs is mistaken in this case.
Because the word word phrase "Golden Censer" doesn't appear in the Old Testament anywhere some might mistakenly think there are Golden Censer in the Pentateuch. The Hebrew word for "snuffdishes" in Exodus 25:38 and 37:23 is the same word used for Censer in Leviticus 10:1 and 16:12. Later 1 Kings 7:50 refers in the KJV to Censers of Pure Gold.
Now it is true that normally even no Censer would not be in The Holy of Holies either, but one is taken into The Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur as made clear by Leviticus 16:12. And I believe the rituals of Yom Kippur are the thematic focus of much of Hebrews especially in this section even if it's not being mentioned by name.
The main argument of those who refuse to accept this explanation, both among Bible Skeptics invested in seeing a contradiction here and Apologists who try to imagine some more creative explanation, is that if the Golden Censer is just the Golden Censer then why is the Altar of Incense completely missing?
The simple answer is the Author didn't mention it because they didn't feel like it, but I have a potentially deeper theory.
I once noticed that the Arch of Titus depicting Titus and Vespasian's Triumph after conquering Judea in 70 AD shows the Menorah and Table of Shewbread as spoils of war but the Altar of Incense is missing. Then I read Josephus's account of that Triumph in Wars of The Jews Book 7 Chapter 5 Section 5 and noticed that he likewise mentions The Menorah and the Table of Shewbread but not the Altar of Incense.
At the very least these other First Century depictions of the contents of The Temple show leaving out the Altar of Incense during this period was not unique to Hebrews.
However it is now my theory that The Altar of Incense was never in Herod's Temple.
The Books of Maccabees and Josephus describe an Altar of Incense being included in the Purification of The Temple that marks the first Hanukkah. But Antiochus Epiphanes' plundering of The Temple wasn't the last one to occur before the New Testament era.
Josephus in Antiquities of The Jews Book 14 Chapter 7 describes Crassus's plundering of all the Gold in The Temple right before he's killed. This plundering is in truth principally why Herod's renovation of The Temple was necessary. I think for whatever reason the Herodian renovation neglected to include The Altar of Incense.
The Maccabees Books describe their Menorah as still having the Three Legged base that the Pentateuch describes, but the Menorah on the Arch of Titus has an Octagonal base showing it's Hellenistic influence.
