Numbers 16:37-50 - The Atonement For The Rebellion
37 Tell Eleazar, son of the priest Aaron, to take the incense burners out of the fire and scatter the coals and incense somewhere else. This is because the incense burners have become holy. 38 The incense burners of these men who sinned and lost their lives are holy, because they were offered to Jehovah. Hammer them into thin metal sheets to cover the altar. This will be a sign to the Israelites.
39 The priest Eleazar took the copper incense burners that had been brought by those who had been burned to death. The incense burners were then hammered into thin metal sheets to cover the altar. 40 He followed Jehovah's command given through Moses. The copper-covered altar will remind Israel that no one but a descendant of Aaron may come near to burn incense to Jehovah. Everyone else will die like Korah and his followers.
41 The next day the whole congregation of Israel complained to Moses and Aaron. They said: You have killed Jehovah's people. 42 The congregation came together to confront Moses and Aaron. When they turned toward the tent of meeting, they saw the smoke covering it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared.
43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting. 44 Jehovah said to Moses: 45 Get away from these people, and let me destroy them in an instant! Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground.
46 Moses said to Aaron: Take your incense burner, put burning coals from the altar and incense in it, and go quickly into the congregation to make peace with Jehovah for the people. Jehovah shows his anger! A plague has started. 47 Aaron took his incense burner, as Moses told him. He ran into the middle of the assembly, because the plague had already begun among the people. He put incense on the incense burner to make peace with Jehovah for the people. 48 He stood between those who had died and those who were still alive. The plague stopped. 49 Fourteen thousand seven hundred died from the plague in addition to those who died because of Korah. 50 By the time Aaron came back to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the plague had stopped.