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Numbers 16:37

Numbers 16:37
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.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,.... His eldest son, that was to succeed him as high priest, and who…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Aaron as High Priest and as one of those that offered incense Num 16:17, could not be defiled by going among the dead.…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 16:35-40

We must now look back to the door of the tabernacle, where we left the pretenders to the priesthood with their censers…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

out of the burning From the heap of burnt corpses.

for they are holy These words probably belong to the next verse (see…

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