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37 “Say to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, ‘Take out[a] 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[b] at the cost of their lives, let them be made into gilded leafing plating for the altar; because they presented them before Yahweh,[c] they are holy; and they will be a sign for the Israelites.’”[d] 39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that the ones who were burned presented, and they hammered them out thinly as plating for the altar;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:37 Literally “raise up”
  2. Numbers 16:38 Literally “sinners”
  3. Numbers 16:38 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
  4. Numbers 16:38 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

37 “Tell Eleazar(A) son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers(B) from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38 the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives.(C) Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar,(D) for they were presented before the Lord and have become holy. Let them be a sign(E) to the Israelites.”

39 So Eleazar the priest(F) collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death,(G) and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,

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