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Numbers 16:35-40
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Numbers 16:35-40
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35 Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
36 [a]Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, that he is to pick up the censers from the midst of the blaze for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad. 38 As for the censers of these people who have sinned at the cost of their lives, have the censers made into hammered sheets as a plating for the altar [of burnt offering], for they were presented before the Lord and they are sacred. They shall be a [warning] sign to the sons of Israel.” 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the Levites who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out [into broad sheets] as a plating for the [bronze] altar [of burnt offering], 40 as a reminder to the sons of Israel so that no layman—that is, one who is not of the descendants of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the Lord; so that he will not become like Korah and as his company—just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.
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- Numbers 16:36 Ch 17 of the Hebrew text begins here.
Numbers 16:35-40
New International Version
Numbers 16:35-40
New International Version
35 And fire came out from the Lord(A) and consumed(B) the 250 men who were offering the incense.
36 The Lord said to Moses, 37 “Tell Eleazar(C) son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers(D) from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38 the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives.(E) Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar,(F) for they were presented before the Lord and have become holy. Let them be a sign(G) to the Israelites.”
39 So Eleazar the priest(H) collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death,(I) and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, 40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(J) before the Lord,(K) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(L)
Numbers 16:35-40
King James Version
Numbers 16:35-40
King James Version
35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
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