Numbers 16:39
37 Speak 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.
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.
And 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:
40 To 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.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
- KJV
- And 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:
- WEB
- Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
- ASV
- And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
- DARBY
- And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had presented; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
- BLB
- And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar,
- ÅB
- Så tok Eleasar, presten, de ildkar av kobber som de hadde båret fram de menn som var brent opp, og lot dem hamre ut til plater til å kle alteret med,
- OTB
- Så tok Eleasar presten de bronse ildkarene som de som hadde blitt brent til døde hadde brakt, og de ble hamret ut for å dekke alteret,
- B1930
- Så tok Eleasar, presten, de ildkar av kobber som de hadde båret frem de menn som var brent op, og lot dem hamre ut til plater til å klæ alteret med,