Numbers 16:38

Free Bible Version

Have the incense burners of those who sinned at the expense of their own lives hammered into metal sheets as a covering for the altar, because they were offered before the Lord, and so have become holy. They will be a reminder to Israelites of what happened.”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon vowed before the Lord, “May God punish me, really punish me, if what Adonijah has asked for doesn't cost him his life.

Proverbs 1:18

However, these evil people hide ready to kill others, but they themselves are the victims. They're only ambushing themselves!

Proverbs 20:2

When a king gets terribly angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; anyone who makes him furious is liable to be killed.

Proverbs 8:36

But those who don't find me hurt themselves; everyone who hates me loves death.”

Jeremiah 44:7

So this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why are you hurting yourselves so badly by removing from Judah every man, woman, child, infant, so you don't have anyone left?

Ezekiel 14:8

I will oppose anyone who does this and make any example of them that others will talk about. I will remove them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:10

Your evil schemes have brought shame upon your families, by destroying many nations you have forfeited your own lives.

Numbers 16:37

“Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to collect the holy incense burners from among those who have been burned up, and scatter the coals used for the incense well away from the camp.

Numbers 16:39

So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze incense burners used by those who had been burned up, and had them hammered out as a covering for the altar,

Numbers 16:40

following the instructions given to him from the Lord through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one who is not a descendant of Aaron should come and offer incense before the Lord, otherwise they could end up like Korah and those with him.

Numbers 17:10

The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron's walking stick back in front of the Testimony, to be kept there as a reminder to warn anyone who wants to rebel, so that you may stop their complaining against me. Otherwise they'll die.”

Numbers 26:10

The earth opened up and swallowed them down, along with Korah. His followers died when the fire burned up 250 men. What happened to them was a warning to the Israelites.

1 Corinthians 10:11

All the things that happened to them are examples to us and were written down to warn us, we who are living close to the end of time.

2 Peter 2:6

God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to total destruction, burning them to ash, as an example of what will happen to those who live evil lives.