🔢WEB · Numbers 16:7
What does Numbers 16:7 mean?
"and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”"
— Numbers 16:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company;
and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!
Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
Explanation
Numbers 16:7 comes in the middle of a test that Moses proposes to settle a explosive dispute over spiritual authority. In plain terms, Moses tells Korah and his followers to take firepans, place burning coals in them, and put incense on the coals as an offering before the LORD the next day. Whoever the LORD accepts and sets apart in
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