34. And all Yisra’ĕl who were round about them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
35. And a fire came out from יהוה and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.
36. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
37. “Say to El‛azar, son of Aharon the priest, to pick up the fire holders out of the blaze, for they are set-apart, and scatter the fire some distance away.
38. “The fire holders of these men who sinned against their own lives, let them be made into beaten plates as a covering for the altar. Because they brought them before יהוה, therefore they are set-apart. And let them become a sign to the children of Yisra’ĕl.”
39. And El‛azar the priest took the bronze fire holders, which those who were burned up had brought, and they were beaten out as a covering on the altar –