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36 [a] And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Say to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, ‘Take out[b] the censers from among the place of burning because they are sacred, and scatter the fire outside. 38 The censers of these who have sinned[c] at the cost of their lives, let them be made into gilded leafing plating for the altar; because they presented them before Yahweh,[d] they are holy; and they will be a sign for the Israelites.’”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:36 Numbers 16:36–17:13 in the English Bible is 17:1–28 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Numbers 16:37 Literally “raise up”
  3. Numbers 16:38 Literally “sinners”
  4. Numbers 16:38 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
  5. Numbers 16:38 Literally “sons/children of Israel”