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Numbers 16:35-37
New English Translation
Numbers 16:35-37
New English Translation
35 Then a fire[a] went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
The Atonement for the Rebellion
36 (17:1)[b] The Lord spoke to Moses: 37 “Tell[c] Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up[d] the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire[e] at a distance.
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- Numbers 16:35 tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.
- Numbers 16:36 sn Beginning with 16:36, the verse numbers through 17:13 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 16:36 ET = 17:1 HT, 16:37 ET = 17:2 HT, 17:1 ET = 17:16 HT, etc., through 17:13 ET = 17:28 HT. With 18:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same. But in the English chap. 17 there are two parts: Aaron’s rod budding (1-9), and the rod preserved as a memorial (10-13). Both sections begin with the same formula.
- Numbers 16:37 tn Heb “say to.”
- Numbers 16:37 tn The verb is the jussive with a vav (ו) coming after the imperative; it may be subordinated to form a purpose clause (“that he may pick up”) or the object of the imperative.
- Numbers 16:37 tn The Hebrew text just has “fire,” but it would be hard to conceive of this action apart from the idea of coals of fire.
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