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Numbers 16:38 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Numbers 16:38 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 16 verse 38 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.”
Numbers 16:38 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 16:38
"The censers of these sinners against their own souls"—the Hebrew nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ, soul/life) indicates they sinned to their own destruction. Their rebellion wasn't merely against Moses but self-destructive defiance of God's order. The phrase "let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar" transforms instruments of presumptuous worship into permanent fixtures of legitimate worship."For they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed"—this is staggering theology: the censers gained permanent holiness through being presented to Yahweh, despite the offerers' unworthin...
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Cross-References for Numbers 16:38
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“condemned them to destruction”
“The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.”
“and swallowed them up together with Korah”
“and will make him an astonishment”
“Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony”
“saying”
“by cutting off many peoples”
“and they were written for our admonition”
“οἱ δὲ εἰς ἐμὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες ἀσεβοῦσιν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσιν θάνατον”
“And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.”