Numbers 16:38 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The company of Korah consumedA fire went out from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense, while Aaron, who stood with them, was preserved alive. God is...
Thompson Chains
- Sin DestructiveSee the chain from Psalms 34:21 · 9 links
- Brazen AltarSee the chain from Exodus 27:1 · 10 links
Parallel Passages
- Numbers 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
- 2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Numbers 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
- Proverbs 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
- Ezekiel 14:8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- 2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- Numbers 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
- 1 Kings 2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
- Habakkuk 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
- Numbers 16:40 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.
- Proverbs 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- Proverbs 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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Topics
- Abiram 1. An Israelite who conspired with Dathan against Moses and Aaron
- Altar A cover made for, of the censers of Korah
- Blindness Israelites
- Censer Those which Korah used were converted into plates
- Citizens Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Israel Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Korah Jealous of Moses, leads two-hundred and fifty princes in an insurrection, and is swallowed up in the earth
- Levites Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron
- Minister, Christian Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Moses Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram against
- Offerings With meat and drink offerings
- Priest Usurpations of office of
- Token Cover of the altar
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The censers אֵת ʾēt Object marker מַחְתּוֹת maḥtôt מַחְתָּה Noun · feminine plural construct
- of these sinners הַחַטָּאִים haḥaṭṭāʾîm חַטָּא Adjective · masculine plural · with the
- against their own souls בְּנַפְשֹׁתָם bĕnapšōtām נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
- let them make הָאֵלֶּה hāʾēllê Pronoun · with the וְעָשׂוּ wĕʿāśû עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural · with and
- them broad אֹתָם ʾōtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural רִקֻּעֵי riqquʿê רִקֻּעַ Noun · masculine plural construct
- plates פַחִים paḥîm פַּח Noun · masculine plural
- a covering צִפּוּי ṣippûy צִפּוּי Noun · masculine singular
- of the altar לַמִּזְבֵּחַ lammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- for they offered הִקְרִיבֻם hiqrîbum קָרַב Verb · hiphil perfect, third person common plural · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- them before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- therefore they are hallowed כִּי kî Conjunction וַיִּקְדָּשׁוּ wayyiqdāšû קָדַשׁ Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- and they shall be a sign וְיִהְיוּ wĕyihyû Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and לְאוֹת lĕʾwōt אוֹת Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition
- unto the children לִבְנֵי libnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
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