35 And (A)fire came out from the Lord and consumed (B)the 250 men offering the incense.

36 [a] Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy. 38 As for the censers of (C)these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. (D)Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.” 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:36 Ch 17:1 in Hebrew

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,

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