Números 16:40

Listen to Números 16:40
40 Las l谩minas quedaron all铆, como advertencia a los israelitas, para que ninguno que no fuera descendiente de Aar贸n ni estuviera autorizado se atreviera a ofrecer incienso ante el SE脩OR; de lo contrario, le suceder铆a lo mismo que a Cor茅 y su gente, tal como el SE脩OR se lo hab铆a advertido por medio de Mois茅s.

Números 16:40 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:40

[To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel
The whole body of them; this explains what is meant by sign, ( Numbers 16:38 ) ; that it was to put or keep in mind what follows:

that no stranger which [is] not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer
incense before the Lord;
not only any Gentile but any Israelite, and not any Israelite only, but any Levite; none but those of the family of Aaron might offer incense before the Lord;

that he be not as Korah and as his company;
this makes it clear that Korah perished at this time, though it is nowhere expressed; and it seems pretty plain from hence that he perished by fire, as his company, the two hundred fifty men with censers, did:

as the Lord said unto him by the hand of Moses;
either to Korah, who is the immediate antecedent, and who perished as the Lord had told him by Moses he should; so some understand it, mentioned by Aben Ezra and Jarchi; or else to Aaron, as they interpret it; and then the sense is, that none but those of Aaron's seed should offer incense, as the Lord had declared to him by Moses; see ( Numbers 3:10 ) ; or it may be rather to Eleazar, as Abendana, who did as the Lord spake to him by Moses, took up the censers of the men that were burnt, and got them beaten into broad plates, and covered the altar of burnt offering with them.

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Números 16:40 In-Context

38 Toma los incensarios de aquellos que pecaron a costa de su vida, y haz con ellos l谩minas para recubrir el altar. Ahora son santos, porque fueron presentados ante el SE脩OR, y ser谩n as铆 una se帽al para los israelitas禄.
39 Entonces el sacerdote Eleazar recogi贸 esos incensarios, y con ellos mand贸 hacer l谩minas para recubrir el altar.
40 Las l谩minas quedaron all铆, como advertencia a los israelitas, para que ninguno que no fuera descendiente de Aar贸n ni estuviera autorizado se atreviera a ofrecer incienso ante el SE脩OR; de lo contrario, le suceder铆a lo mismo que a Cor茅 y su gente, tal como el SE脩OR se lo hab铆a advertido por medio de Mois茅s.
41 Al d铆a siguiente, toda la congregaci贸n de los israelitas volvi贸 a murmurar contra Mois茅s y Aar贸n, alegando:鈥擴stedes mataron al pueblo del SE脩OR.
42 Como la congregaci贸n empez贸 a amotinarse contra Mois茅s y Aar贸n, estos se dirigieron a la Tienda de reuni贸n. De repente la nube cubri贸 la Tienda, y apareci贸 la gloria del SE脩OR.
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