Numbers 16:16-18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord - i:e., at "the door of the tabernacle" (Numbers 16:18), that the assembled people might witness the experiment, and be properly impressed by the issue.

Two hundred and fifty censers - probably the small platters common in Egyptian families where incense was offered to household deities, and which had been among the precious things borrowed at their departure.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 16:16

Numbers 16:16-18

16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.

18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.