SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:37
Di a Eleazar, hijo de Aarón sacerdote, que tome los incensarios de en medio del incendio, y derrame más allá el fuego; porque son santificados
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 16:37
Verse 37. The censers-are hallowed.] wdq kadeshu, are consecrated, i. e., to the service of God though in this instance improperly employed.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 37. Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest , etc.] His eldest son, that was to succeed him as high priest, and who perhaps was upon the spot to see the issue of things; and who, rather than Aaron, is bid to do what follows, partly because Aaron was now officiating, burning incense, and that he might not be defiled with the dead bodies; and partly because it was more proper and decent for the son to do it than the father; and it may be also because it was for the further confirmation of the priesthood in the posterity of Aaron: that he take up the censers out of the burning ; either out from among the dead bodies burnt with fire from the Lord, or out of the burning of the incense in them; these were the censers of Korah and the two hundred fifty men with him: and scatter thou the fire yonder ; the fire that was in the censers; the incense burning in them was to be cast out and scattered here and there, or carried to some unclean place at a distance, as a token of the rejection of the services of these men: and thus the Lord answered the prayer of Moses, that he would not have respect to their offering, ( Numbers 16:15); if incense is intended there; though that seems to refer only to Dathan and Abiram, and not to these two hundred fifty men: for they are hallowed , incense being offered in them before the Lord, and therefore were not to be made use of in common service.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 35-40 - A fire went out from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fift men that offered incense, while Aaron, who stood with them, wa preserved alive. God is jealous of the honour of his own institutions and will not have them invaded. The sacrifice of the wicked is a abomination to the Lord. The censers are devoted, and, as all devote things, must be made serviceable to the glory of God. This covering of the altar would remind the children of Israel of this event, tha others might hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously. They brough destruction on themselves both in body and soul. Thus all who break the law and neglect the gospel choose and love death.
Original Hebrew
אמר 559 אל 413 אלעזר 499 בן 1121 אהרן 175 הכהן 3548 וירם 7311 את 853 המחתת 4289 מבין 996 השׂרפה 8316 ואת 853 האשׁ 784 זרה 2219 הלאה 1973 כי 3588 קדשׁו׃ 6942
