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
38. the censers of these sinners are sanctified against their own souls, and broad plates shall be made of them for a covering of the altar, for they offered with them before the Lord; therefore, they are sanctified, and they shall be a sign unto the sons of Israel.
39. And Eleazar, the priest, took the brass censers with which those that were burnt had offered, and they were made into a broad covering of the altar
40. to be a memorial unto the sons of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he not be as Korah and as his company, as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
41. But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
42. And it came to pass when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron that they looked toward the tabernacle of the testimony; and, behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the testimony.
44. And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
45. Depart from among this congregation, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer and put fire in it from off the altar and put incense upon it and go quickly unto the congregation and reconcile them; for the wrath has gone out from before the face of the Lord; the plague is begun.
47. Then Aaron took his censer as Moses said and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on incense and reconciled the people.
48. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49. Now those that died in that plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those that died concerning the matter of Korah.
50. And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, when the plague was stayed.