Numbers 16:36-50

³⁶(17-1) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

³⁷(17-2) 'Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy;

³⁸(17-3) even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar — for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD — that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.'

³⁹(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,

⁴⁰(17-5) to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before the LORD; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; as the LORD spoke unto him by the hand of Moses.

⁴¹(17-6) But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying: 'Ye have killed the people of the LORD.'

⁴²(17-7) And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting; and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

⁴³(17-8) And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.

⁴⁴(17-9) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

⁴⁵(17-10) 'Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces.

⁴⁶(17-11) And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.'

⁴⁷(17-12) And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

⁴⁸(17-13) And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

⁴⁹(17-14) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

⁵⁰(17-15) And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed.