Numbers 16:36-48

³⁶Then the Lord said to Moses,

³⁷“Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to collect the holy incense burners from among those who have been burned up, and scatter the coals used for the incense well away from the camp.

³⁸Have the incense burners of those who sinned at the expense of their own lives hammered into metal sheets as a covering for the altar, because they were offered before the Lord, and so have become holy. They will be a reminder to Israelites of what happened.”

³⁹So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze incense burners used by those who had been burned up, and had them hammered out as a covering for the altar,

⁴⁰following the instructions given to him from the Lord through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one who is not a descendant of Aaron should come and offer incense before the Lord, otherwise they could end up like Korah and those with him.

⁴¹The next day all the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord's people!”

⁴²But as the people gathered to confront them, Moses and Aaron went over to the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the Lord's glory appeared.

⁴³Moses and Aaron went and stood at the front of the Tent of Meeting,

⁴⁴and the Lord said to Moses,

⁴⁵“Get away from these people and I will finish them off immediately.” Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground.

⁴⁶Moses told Aaron, “Put some coals from the altar and some incense in your incense burner. Then run to the people and make them right before the Lord, for the Lord is angry with them and a plague has started.”

⁴⁷Aaron took the incense burner just as Moses had told him and ran into the middle of the assembly. He saw that the plague had started to affect the people so he offered the incense and made the people right with the Lord.

⁴⁸He stood between those who had died and those who were still alive, and the plague was stopped.