Numbers 16:36

36 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Numbers 16:36 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:36

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Immediately after these men were consumed by fire from him; out of the same cloud from whence that proceeded, he spoke:

saying:
as follows.

Numbers 16:36 In-Context

34 All Yisra'el that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the eretz swallow us up.

35 Fire came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

36 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

37 Speak to El`azar the son of Aharon the Kohen, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder; for they are holy,

38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Yisra'el.