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38 As for the censers of those rebels who died, fasten them into beaten plates to line the altar. Since they brought them into the Lord’s presence, they’re holy. They are to become a reminder[a] to the Israelis.”

39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been burned and beat them into metal plates for the altar, 40 to serve as a memorial to the Israelis, a reminder that no unauthorized person, who isn’t a descendant of Aaron, is to attempt[b] to burn[c] incense in the Lord’s presence, so that he may not become like Korah and his group, just as the Lord had spoken by the authority[d] of Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:38 Lit. sign
  2. Numbers 16:40 Lit. to come near
  3. Numbers 16:40 Lit. to sacrifice
  4. Numbers 16:40 Lit. by the hand