Numbers 16:36

36 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, 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 Israel who [were] around them fled at their cry, because they said, "Lest the land swallow us up!"

35 And fire went out from Yahweh, and it consumed the two hundred and fifty men presenting the incense.

36 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

37 "Say to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, '{Take out} the censers from among the place of burning because they are sacred, and scatter the fire outside.

38 The censers of these {who have sinned} at the cost of their lives, let them be made into gilded leafing plating for the altar; because they presented them {before Yahweh}, they are holy; and they will be a sign for the {Israelites}.'"

Footnotes

• [a] Numbers 16:36-17:13 in the English Bible is 17:1-28 in the Hebrew Bible