Numbers 16:6

6 "Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,

Numbers 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:6

This do, take you censers
Vessels to put incense in to offer, which was the business of the priests:

Korah, and all his company;
the two hundred fifty princes that were with him, for so many we read took censers, and offered incense, ( Numbers 16:18 Numbers 16:35 ) .

Numbers 16:6 In-Context

4 When Moses heard this, he fell on his face;

5 and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, "Tomorrow morning the LORD will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.

6 "Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company,

7 and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of the LORD tomorrow; and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the one who is holy. You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!"

8 Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi,

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "his"