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And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said , Lest the earth swallow us up also.
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And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying ,
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Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed .
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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.