"Sayto Eleazar,the sonof Aaronthe priest,that he shall takeup the censersout of the midstof the blaze,for they are holy;and you scatterthe burningcoalsabroad.
Nevertheless,anythingwhicha mansetsapartto the LORDout of allthat he has, of manor animalor of the fieldsof his own property,shall not be soldor redeemed.Anythingdevotedto destructionis mostholyto the LORD.
So they eachtookhis [own] censerand putfireon it, and laidincenseon it; and they stoodat the doorwayof the tentof meeting,with Mosesand Aaron.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"As for the censersof thesemenwhohave sinnedat the cost of their lives,let them be madeinto hammeredsheetsfor a platingof the altar,sincethey did presentthem beforethe LORDand they are holy;and they shall be for a signto the sonsof Israel."
and putfirein them, and layincenseupon them in the presenceof the LORDtomorrow;and the manwhomthe LORDchooses[shall be] the onewhois holy.You have gone farenough,you sonsof Levi!"