Numbers 16:38

New Century Version

Take the pans of these men who sinned and lost their lives, and hammer them into flat sheets that will be used to cover the altar. They are holy, because they were presented to the Lord, and they will be a sign to the Israelites.”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the name of the Lord, saying, “May God punish me terribly if this doesn’t cost Adonijah his life!

Proverbs 1:18

But sinners will fall into their own traps; they will only catch themselves!

Proverbs 20:2

An angry king is like a roaring lion. Making him angry may cost you your life.

Proverbs 8:36

Those who do not find me hurt themselves. Those who hate me love death.”

Jeremiah 44:7

“Now the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves? You are cutting off the men and women, children and babies from the family of Judah, leaving yourselves without anyone from the family of Judah.

Ezekiel 14:8

I will reject them. I will make them a sign and an example, and I will separate them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:10

Because you have made plans to destroy many people, you have made your own houses ashamed of you. Because of it, you will lose your lives.

Numbers 16:37

“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to take all the incense pans out of the fire. Have him scatter the coals a long distance away. But the incense pans are still holy.

Numbers 16:39

So Eleazar the priest gathered all the bronze pans that had been brought by the men who were burned up. He had the pans hammered into flat sheets to put on the altar,

Numbers 16:40

as the Lord had commanded him through Moses. These sheets were to remind the Israelites that only descendants of Aaron should burn incense before the Lord. Anyone else would die like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 17:10

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s walking stick back in front of the Ark of the Agreement. It will remind these people who are always turning against me to stop their complaining against me so they won’t die.”

Numbers 26:10

The earth opened up and swallowed them and Korah; they died at the same time the fire burned up the 250 men. This was a warning,

1 Corinthians 10:11

The things that happened to those people are examples. They were written down to teach us, because we live in a time when all these things of the past have reached their goal.

2 Peter 2:6

And God also destroyed the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them until they were ashes. He made those cities an example of what will happen to those who are against God.