rsv Numbers:16:35-40 SEEK
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And fire came forth from the LORD ,
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense .
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Then the LORD said to Moses ,
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Tell Elea '
zar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze ;
then scatter the fire far and wide .
For they are holy ,
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the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives ;
so let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar ,
for they offered them before the LORD ;
therefore they are holy .
Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel ."
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So Elea '
zar the priest took the bronze censers ,
which those who were burned had offered ;
and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar ,
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to be a reminder to the people of Israel ,
so that no one who is not a priest ,
who is not of the descendants of Aaron ,
should draw near to burn incense before the LORD ,
lest he become as Korah and as his company--as the LORD said to Elea '
zar through Moses .