39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,


In Context

36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

37 |Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder; for they are holy,

38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.|

39 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,

40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.

41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, |You have killed Yahweh's people!|

Numbers 16:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:39So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:39Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And 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,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had presented; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, with which they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:39And 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 —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:39And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, with which they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: