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37 “Tell[a] Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up[b] the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire[c] at a distance.

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  1. Numbers 16:37 tn Heb “say to.”
  2. Numbers 16:37 tn The verb is the jussive with a vav (ו) coming after the imperative; it may be subordinated to form a purpose clause (“that he may pick up”) or the object of the imperative.
  3. Numbers 16:37 tn The Hebrew text just has “fire,” but it would be hard to conceive of this action apart from the idea of coals of fire.