They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the dishes for incense, and all the bronze vessels used in the temple service — the enumeration of removed temple vessels indicates systematic stripping of ritual apparatus: pots, shovels, snuffers, incense dishes, and other bronze utensils. Each item represents some function in temple worship; their removal ensures the cessation of all cultic practice.

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