Numbers 17:4

New American Bible - revised edition

So taking the bronze censers which had been presented by those who were burned, Eleazar the priest had them hammered into a covering for the altar,

Cross References

Exodus 30:36

Grind some of it into fine dust and put this before the covenant in the tent of meeting where I will meet you. This incense shall be treated as most sacred by you.

Exodus 30:6

This altar you are to place in front of the veil that hangs before the ark of the covenant where I will meet you.

Numbers 17:10

Remove yourselves from this community, that I may consume them at once. But they fell prostrate.

Numbers 17:3

the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their lives. Have them hammered into plates to cover the altar, because in being presented before the Lord they have become holy. In this way they shall serve as a sign to the Israelites.

Numbers 17:7

But while the community was assembling against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the tent of meeting, and the cloud now covered it and the glory of the Lord appeared.