Numbers 16:38

Overview - Numbers 16
The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
23 Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents.
31 The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others.
36 The censers are reserved to holy use.
41 Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague, for murmuring against Moses and Aaron.
46 Aaron by incense stays the plague.
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Numbers 16:38  (King James Version)
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
 


sinners
1 Kings 2:23 ; Proverbs 1:18 ; 8:36 20:2 Habakkuk 2:10

a sign
40 ; 17:10 26:10 Ezekiel 14:8 ; 1 Corinthians 10:11 ; 2 Peter 2:6