SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:40
en recuerdo a los hijos de Israel, que ningún extraño que no sea de la simiente de Aarón, llegue a ofrecer sahumerio delante del SEÑOR, para que no sea como Coré, y como su séquito; según se lo dijo el SEÑOR por mano de Moisés.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. [To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel , etc.] The whole body of them; this explains what is meant by sign, ( Numbers 16:38); that it was to put or keep in mind what follows: that no stranger which [is] not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer incense before the Lord ; not only any Gentile but any Israelite, and not any Israelite only, but any Levite; none but those of the family of Aaron might offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah and as his company ; this makes it clear that Korah perished at this time, though it is nowhere expressed; and it seems pretty plain from hence that he perished by fire, as his company, the two hundred fifty men with censers, did: as the Lord said unto him by the hand of Moses ; either to Korah, who is the immediate antecedent, and who perished as the Lord had told him by Moses he should; so some understand it, mentioned by Aben Ezra and Jarchi; or else to Aaron, as they interpret it; and then the sense is, that none but those of Aaron’s seed should offer incense, as the Lord had declared to him by Moses; (see Numbers 3:10); or it may be rather to Eleazar, as Abendana, who did as the Lord spake to him by Moses, took up the censers of the men that were burnt, and got them beaten into broad plates, and covered the altar of burnt offering with them.
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
זכרון 2146 לבני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 למען 4616 אשׁר 834 לא 3808 יקרב 7126 אישׁ 376 זר 2114 אשׁר 834 לא 3808 מזרע 2233 אהרן 175 הוא 1931 להקטיר 6999 קטרת 7004 לפני 6440 יהוה 3068 ולא 3808 יהיה 1961 כקרח 7141 וכעדתו 5712 כאשׁר 834 דבר 1696 יהוה 3068 ביד 3027 משׁה׃ 4872
