Números 16:36-40

Los incensarios

36 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:

37 «Ya que ahora los incensarios son santos, ordena a Eleazar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón, que los retire del rescoldo y que esparza las brasas.

38 Toma los incensarios de aquellos que pecaron a costa de su vida, y haz con ellos láminas para recubrir el altar. Ahora son santos, porque fueron presentados ante el SEÑOR, y serán así una señal para los israelitas».

39 Entonces el sacerdote Eleazar recogió esos incensarios, y con ellos mandó hacer láminas para recubrir el altar.

40 Las láminas quedaron allí, como advertencia a los israelitas, para que ninguno que no fuera descendiente de Aarón ni estuviera autorizado se atreviera a ofrecer incienso ante el SEÑOR; de lo contrario, le sucedería lo mismo que a Coré y su gente, tal como el SEÑOR se lo había advertido por medio de Moisés.

Números 16:36-40 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 16

This chapter gives an account of a sedition of Korah and others against Moses and Aaron, Nu 16:1-4, with whom Moses expostulates, and shows the unreasonableness of their clamour against Aaron, Nu 16:5-11; sends for Dathan and Abiram, who were in the confederacy, but refused to come, which greatly angered Moses, Nu 16:12-15; orders Korah and his company to appear before the Lord the next day, with Aaron, to have the controversy decided, Nu 16:16-18; when all the congregation gathered together would have been, consumed had it not been for the intercession of Moses and Aaron, Nu 16:19-22; and who, being separated from the rebels by the command of the Lord, some of the rebels were swallowed up in the earth, and others destroyed by fire from heaven, Nu 16:23-35; and their censers were made a covering for the altar, as a memorial of their sin, Nu 16:36-40; on which there was a new insurrection of the people, which brought a plague upon them, and destroyed 14,700 persons, and which was stopped at the intercession of Aaron, Nu 16:41-50.