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40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of[a] Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company—just as the Lord had spoken by the authority[b] of Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:40 tn Heb “from the seed of.”
  2. Numbers 16:40 tn Heb “hand.”

40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(A) before the Lord,(B) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(C)

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