Numbers 16:36–40 — The incense burners

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Num 16:36–40

16:36 The incense burners

36 Then Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses), 37 “Tell the priest Eleazar (Aharon’s (Aaron’s) son) to collect the incense pans from those who were burnt, and scatter the coals far away because they’re sacred. 38 The pans of those who rebelled at the expense of their own lives must be hammered into thin plates to be attached to the altar, because they presented them in front of Yahweh and now they’re sacred, and they’ll become a reminder for the Israelis. 39 So the priest Eleazar took the bronze incense burners that had been presented by those men who’d been burnt up, and they were hammered into a plating for the altar 40 for a memorial for the Israelis just as Yahweh had told him via Mosheh. That’s a reminder that no one who’s not a descendant of Aharon is allowed to approach Yahweh with incense burners, so they don’t end up like Korah and his supporters.

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Literal Version NUM 17:1

17 [fn] And_ YHWH _he/it _spoke to Mosheh to_saying.

2 [fn] Speak to ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer and_let _him _take _up DOM the_censers from_between the_burning and_DOM the_fire scatter beyond if/because they _are _holy.

3 [fn] DOM the _censers _of the _sinners the_these by_lives _of_their and_people _will _make DOM_them beaten _out _of thin _plates plating for_altar if/because they_brought _them _near to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH and_they _became _holy and_let _them _become (into)_a_sign for_the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

4 [fn] And_ ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer _he/it _took DOM the _censers _of (the)_bronze which those_who _were_burnt they _had _brought _near and_people_beat _them _out plating for_altar.

5 [fn] A _memorial for_the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) so _that that not a _man strange who not is_one_of _the _offspring _of ʼAhₐron he he _may _draw _near to_make _smoke incense to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH and_not he _will _be like_Qoraḩ and_like_company _of_his just_as YHWH he _had _spoken by_the _hand _of Mosheh to_him/it.

17:1 Note: KJB: Num.16.36

17:2 Note: KJB: Num.16.37

17:3 Note: KJB: Num.16.38

17:4 Note: KJB: Num.16.39

17:5 Note: KJB: Num.16.40

OET-RV by cross-referenced section NUM 16:36

The incense burners

Num 16:36–40