Numbers 16:39

Good News Translation

So Eleazar the priest took the fire pans and had them beaten into thin plates to make a covering for the altar.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:2

Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and left no descendants, so their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.

2 Chronicles 26:18

to resist him. They said, “Uzziah! You have no right to burn incense to the Lord. Only the priests who are descended from Aaron have been consecrated to do this. Leave this holy place. You have offended the Lord God, and you no longer have his blessing.”

Numbers 16:38

They became holy when they were presented at the Lord's altar. So take the fire pans of these who were put to death for their sin, beat them into thin plates, and make a covering for the altar. It will be a warning to the people of Israel.”

Numbers 16:40

This was a warning to the Israelites that no one who was not a descendant of Aaron should come to the altar to burn incense for the Lord. Otherwise he would be destroyed like Korah and his men. All this was done as the Lord had commanded Eleazar through Moses.