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Numbers 16:37 KJV
Numbers · chapter 16 · verse 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.Numbers 16:37 · King James Version
Numbers 16:37 in context
35And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
37Speak 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.
38The 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.
39And 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EleazarʼElʻâzârElazar, the name of seven IsraelitesH499 →
- censersmachtâha pan for live coalsH4289 →
- burningsᵉrêphâhcremationH8316 →
- scatterzârâhto toss aboutH2219 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- yonderhâlᵉʼâhto the distanceH1973 →
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We must now look back to the door of the tabernacle, where we left the pretenders to the priesthood with their censers in their hands ready to offer incense; and here we find, I. Vengeance taken on them, Num 16:35.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 35-40