The top of the Incense Altar was made of pure gold, the thickness of a dinar (a coin). In the Talmud relates that it was a miracle that the coals did not melt the gold, despite its thinness. On the top of the altar, one half portion (a pras) of incense was burnt twice each day, in the morning and at twilight. When the inner sin-offerings (such as the bull and goat on Yom Kippur) were brought, the coals from the incense that was lit that morning were pushed aside before the blood of the inner sin-offerings was sprinkled seven times on the top of the altar. 
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