Numbers 16:38

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And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.

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  • Num 26:10 : 10 And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.
  • Ezek 14:8 : 8 And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
  • 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;
  • Num 17:10 : 10 And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.
  • Hab 2:10 : 10 You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.
  • 1 Kgs 2:23 : 23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
  • 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

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  • Num 16:39-40
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    39 So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar:

    40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.

  • Num 16:36-37
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    36 And the Lord said to Moses,

    37 Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;

  • Lev 16:12-13
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    12 And he is to take a vessel full of burning coal from the altar before the Lord and in his hand some sweet perfume crushed small, and take it inside the veil;

    13 And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.

  • Num 16:17-18
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    17 And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.

    18 So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 38:2-4
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    2 And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;

    3 And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass

    4 And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up;

  • 30 From it he made the bases of the doorway of the Tent of meeting and the brass altar and the network for it and all the vessels for the altar,

  • 46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.

  • Exod 27:2-4
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    2 Put horns at the four angles of it, made of the same, plating it all with brass.

    3 And make all its vessels, the baskets for taking away the dust of the fire, the spades and basins and meat-hooks and fire-trays, of brass.

    4 And make a network of brass, with four brass rings at its four angles.

  • Num 4:13-14
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    13 And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it;

    14 Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places.

  • 16 The altar of burned offerings, with its network of brass, its rods, and all its vessels, the washing-vessel and its base;

  • 39 And the brass altar, with its network of brass, and its rods and all its vessels, and the washing-vessel and its base;

  • 28 And Moses took them from their hands, and they were burned on the altar on the burned offering, as a priest's offering for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

  • 25 Then take them from their hands, and let them be burned on the burned offering on the altar, a sweet smell before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

  • 25 And the fat of the sin-offering is to be burned by him on the altar.

  • 38 And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.

  • Num 16:6-7
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    6 So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;

    7 And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.

  • 49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume, for all the work of the most holy place, and to take away the sin of Israel, doing everything ordered by Moses, the servant of God.

  • 38 And it will be over Aaron's brow, so that Aaron will be responsible for any error in all the holy offerings made by the children of Israel; it will be on his brow at all times, so that their offerings may be pleasing to the Lord.

  • 9 This is to be yours of the most holy things, out of the fire offerings; every offering of theirs, every meal offering and sin-offering, and every offering which they make on account of error, is to be most holy for you and your sons.

  • 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

  • 24 And you are to take them before the Lord, and the priests will put salt on them, offering them up for a burned offering to the Lord.

  • 38 One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

  • 10 It is not to be cooked with leaven. I have given it to them as their part of the offerings made by fire to me; it is most holy, as are the sin-offerings and the offerings for error.

  • 36 You are to make a plate of the best gold, cutting on it, as on a stamp, these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.

  • 16 And the priest will take them before the Lord, and make his sin-offering and his burned offering;

  • Exod 38:6-7
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    6 The rods he made of hard wood plated with brass.

    7 He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.

  • 20 They put the fat on the breasts, and the fat was burned on the altar.

  • 13 And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar;

  • 18 And the best gold for the altar of perfumes; and gold for the design of the carriage, for the winged ones whose wings were outstretched covering the ark of the Lord's agreement.

  • 26 The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

  • 30 The plate for the holy crown was made of the best gold, and on it were cut these words, HOLY TO THE LORD.

  • 10 But the fat and the kidneys and the fat on the liver of the sin-offering were burned by him on the altar as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • 37 For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.

  • 16 And you are to take this money from the children of Israel to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting, to keep the memory of the children of Israel before the Lord and to be the price of your lives.

  • 28 And the man by whom they are burned is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water, and then he may come back to the tent-circle.

  • 18 And he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make it free from sin; and he is to take some of the blood of the ox and the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar and round it;

  • 5 That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • 18 And let them all be burned on the altar as a burned offering to the Lord: a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

  • 16 And part of the meal of the offering and part of the oil and all the perfume is to be burned for a sign by the priest: it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.