40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(A) before the Lord,(B) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(C)

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40 to be a [a]memorial to the children of Israel (A)that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:40 reminder

he was chosen by lot,(A) according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.(B)

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according to the custom of the priesthood, [a]his lot fell (A)to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:9 he was chosen by lot