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Numbers 16:39

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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • 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:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (17-4) And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers,.... The…

And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers,.... The metal of which these censers were made is particularly observed, to show that they were fit for the use they were ordered to be put unto, namely, for a covering of the altar of burnt offering, which was covered with brass, that being very suitable, since fire was continually burning on it; and by this it appears that these censers were different from those of Aaron and his sons, for theirs were silver ones; the high priest on the day of atonement indeed made use of golden one, but at all other times he used a silver one (b); and so did the common priests every day, morning and night, when they offered incense (c):

wherewith they that were burnt had offered; the two hundred fifty men burnt with fire from the Lord, having offered incense to him with the brazen censers:

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and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar; not by Eleazar, but by workmen skilled in the art of drawing or beating any kind of metal into thin plates, by the direction and order of Eleazar.

(b) Misn. Yoma, c. 4. sect. 4. (c) Misn. Tamid, c. 5. sect. 5.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Altar of holocausts, which was already covered with plates…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the brazen censers . . . made broad plates…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (39) Wherewith they that were burnt had offered.—Or, which…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 that had been used by the men who were…
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