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- Chapter 16
- Verse 18
Numbers 16:18
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.
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Gill's Exposition
And they took every man his censer, and that fire in them,.... That is, they came the next morning, according to order, prepared with their censers and incense; and they took fire from off the altar…
Here is, I. The insolence of Dathan and Abiram, and their treasonable remonstrance. Moses had heard what Korah had to say, and had answered it; now he summons Dathan and Abiram to bring in their…
Korah and his company accept Moses" challenge.
16, 17 are a repetition of Num 16:6-7, and were probably inserted together with Num 16:8-11; Num 16:36-40.