and he spoke to Korah and all his group, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will make known who is His, and (A)who is holy, and will bring that one near to Himself; indeed, (B)the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.

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Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy,(A) and he will have that person come near him.(B) The man he chooses(C) he will cause to come near him.

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40 as a reminder to the sons of Israel so that (A)no [a]layman, anyone who was not of the [b]descendants of Aaron, would approach (B)to burn incense before the Lord; then he would not become like Korah and his group—just as the Lord had spoken to him [c]through Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:40 Lit stranger
  2. Numbers 16:40 Lit seed
  3. Numbers 16:40 Lit by the hand of

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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