Bible Strands
Numbers 16:6
You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Korah and his entire assembly at the tent entrance, directing them to prepare for a divine test to reveal who the LORD has set apart.
The words — The command hinges on קְחוּ (kechu), meaning "take," and מַחְתּוֹת (machtoth), meaning "censers," which Moses explicitly orders the group to gather.
The thread — The censer functions as the designated vessel for fire and incense in Leviticus 10:1 and Leviticus 16:12, establishing the ritual standard that Korah’s group must now replicate.
Why it lands — The instruction demands immediate obedience to a specific ritual preparation, forcing the reader to recognize that divine approval requires exact adherence to prescribed means rather than personal ambition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Cross-references
- Leviticus 10:1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
- Leviticus 16:12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- Numbers 16:35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
- Numbers 16:46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
- 1 Kings 18:21 Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.