Números 16:39

39 Eleazar, pois, o sacerdote, tomou os incensários de bronze, os quais aqueles que foram queimados tinham oferecido; e os converteram em chapas para cobertura do altar,

Números 16:39 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:39

And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers
The metal of which these censers were made is particularly observed, to show that they were fit for the use they were ordered to be put unto, namely, for a covering of the altar of burnt offering, which was covered with brass, that being very suitable, since fire was continually burning on it; and by this it appears that these censers were different from those of Aaron and his sons, for theirs were silver ones; the high priest on the day of atonement indeed made use of golden one, but at all other times he used a silver one ^F2; and so did the common priests every day, morning and night, when they offered incense ^F3,

wherewith they that were burnt had offered;
the two hundred fifty men burnt with fire from the Lord, having offered incense to him with the brazen censers:

and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar;
not by Eleazar, but by workmen skilled in the art of drawing or beating any kind of metal into thin plates, by the direction and order of Eleazar.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Misn. Yoma, c. 4. sect. 4.
F3 Misn. Tamid, c. 5. sect. 5.

Números 16:39 In-Context

37 Dize a Eleazar, filho de Arão, o sacerdote, que tire os incensários do meio do incêndio; e espalha tu o fogo longe; porque se tornaram santos

38 os incensários daqueles que pecaram contra as suas almas; deles se façam chapas, de obra batida, para cobertura do altar; porquanto os trouxeram perante o Senhor, por isso se tornaram santos; e serão por sinal aos filhos de Israel.

39 Eleazar, pois, o sacerdote, tomou os incensários de bronze, os quais aqueles que foram queimados tinham oferecido; e os converteram em chapas para cobertura do altar,

40 para servir de memória aos filhos de Israel, a fim de que nenhum estranho, ninguém que não seja da descendência de Arão, se chegue para queimar incenso perante o Senhor, para que não seja como Corá e a sua companhia; conforme o Senhor dissera a Eleazar por intermédio de Moisés.

41 Mas no dia seguinte toda oa congregação dos filhos de Israel murmurou contra Moisés e Arão, dizendo: Vós matastes o povo do Senhor.