KJV ORIGINAL
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Tell Eleazar, Aaron's son who is a priest, to pick up the incense burners from the fire and scatter the coals away from here, because the burners are holy.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is instructing that the sacred incense burners be rescued from the fire and treated with respect because they had been consecrated for holy use.
📚 Historical Context
This command came after Korah's rebellion, where 250 men had offered unauthorized incense to God and were consumed by fire as judgment. Even though the men who used these bronze censers had sinned, the censers themselves had been brought before the Lord and were therefore considered holy and needed to be preserved.
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