Numbers 16:39-41

International Standard Version

³⁹So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been burned and beat them into metal plates for the altar, ⁴⁰to serve as a memorial to the Israelis, a reminder that no unauthorized person, who isn’t a descendant of Aaron, is to attempt^[a] to burn^[b] incense in the Lord’s presence, so that he may not become like Korah and his group, just as the Lord had spoken by the authority^[c] of Moses.

The Israelis Continue to Complain

⁴¹Nevertheless, the very next day, the whole congregation of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, “You’ve killed the Lord’s people!”

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Footnotes

Numbers 16:40 Lit. to come near
Numbers 16:40 Lit. to sacrifice
Numbers 16:40 Lit. by the hand

Numbers 16:39-41

New International Version

³⁹So Eleazar the priest^(A) collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death,^(B) and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, ⁴⁰as 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^(C) before the Lord,^(D) or he would become like Korah and his followers.^(E)

⁴¹The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You have killed the Lord’s people,” they said.

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Numbers 16:39-41

New King James Version

³⁹So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar, ⁴⁰to be a ^[a]memorial to the children of Israel ^(A)that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.

Complaints of the People

⁴¹On the next day ^(B)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”

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