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Numbers 16:40

Verse 40 of 50. The 16th of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.

36The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

37“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,

38even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before the LORD. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”

39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as the LORD spoke to him by Moses.

41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”

42When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and the LORD’s glory appeared.

43Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.

44The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.