Then Moses told Aaron, “Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.”

“Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has oversight of the lamp oil, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, the holy objects and their utensils.”

place fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord. Then the man the Lord chooses will be the one who is set apart. It is you Levites who have gone too far!”

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

The 12 gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold bowls was three pounds.

Each of you is to take his firepan, place incense on it, and present his firepan before the Lord—250 firepans. You and Aaron are each to present your firepan also.”

Each man took his firepan, placed fire in it, put incense on it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting along with Moses and Aaron.

Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

just as the Lord commanded him through Moses. It was to be a reminder for the Israelites that no unauthorized person outside the lineage of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the Lord and become like Korah and his followers.

So Aaron took his firepan as Moses had ordered, ran into the middle of the assembly, and saw that the plague had begun among the people. After he added incense, he made atonement for the people.