KJV King James Version
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar:
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Numbers 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
WEB World English Bible
Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
ASV American Standard Version
And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar—
Surrounding context — Numbers 16
36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar:
40 [To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
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וַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶלְעָזָ֣רH499 · el.a.zarEleazarהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548 · ko.henpriestאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]מַחְתּ֣וֹתH4289 · mach.tahcenserהַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהִקְרִ֖יבוּH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeהַשְּׂרֻפִ֑יםH8313 · sa.raphto burnוַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּםH7554 · ra.qato beatצִפּ֥וּיH6826 · tsip.puyplatingלַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196 · miz.be.achaltar
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