Numbers 16:36

36 Then the LORD 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 outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!"

35 Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

36 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

37 "Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall take up the censers out of the midst of the blaze, for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad.

38 "As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered sheets for a plating of the altar, since they did present them before the LORD and they are holy; and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel."

Footnotes

• [a]. Ch 17:1 in Heb