Numbers 16:39
What does Numbers 16:39 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 16:39 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar--
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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:
Context
v.38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
v.39This passage
v.40to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.
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