Numbers 16:38
“The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.”
Numbers 16:38 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, because incense hath been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a memorial.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
- DARBYDarby
- the censers of these sinners who have forfeited their life; and they shall make them into broad plates for the covering of the altar; for they presented them before Jehovah, therefore they are hallowed; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- even the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that those who were burned had offered and made them into broad plates for a covering of the altar.
Context: Numbers 16
36And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
About Numbers 16: Korah's Rebellion
Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebel against Moses and Aaron, but God destroys them and their followers.
Commentary
In Numbers 16, we see the story of Korah and his rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Korah, a Levite, and his followers challenge Moses and Aaron's authority, claiming that they are no different than any other Israelite and should be allowed to lead the people. In response, God sends a plague to punish the rebels, and the earth opens up and swallows them.