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fire<\/B> was taken from the altar which stood in that place, Lev 1:3<\/span>,5<\/span>, for Aaron might not use other fire, Lev 10:1<\/span>. And it is likely the remembrance of the death of Nadab and Abihu deterred them from offering any strange fire. <\/P> <\/p>\n 16-18. Moses said unto Korah, Bethou and all thy company before the Lord<\/B>that is, at “thedoor of the tabernacle” (Nu16:18<\/span>), that the assembled people might witness the experimentand be properly impressed by the issue.<\/P><\/p>\n And they took every man his censer, and that fire in them<\/strong>,…. That is, they came the next morning, according to order, prepared with their censers and incense; and they took fire from off the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the tabernacle:<\/p>\n and laid incense thereon<\/strong>: upon the fire in their censers, and so burned it:<\/p>\n and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation<\/strong>; not in the holy place, where the altar of incense was, for that would not hold them; nor indeed in the court of the tabernacle, but at the door of it, or the outside of it, that so they might be seen by all the people who came to be spectators and witnesses of this affair: and they stood<\/p>\n with Moses and Aaron<\/strong>; in a bold and presumptuous manner, as if they were their equals, disputing their authority, and putting themselves upon their trial before the Lord about it: the Targum of Jonathan says, these men stood on one side (of the door of the tabernacle), and Moses and Aaron stood on the other side of it.<\/p>\n The next day the rebels presented themselves with censers before the tabernacle, along with Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation also assembled there at the instigation of Korah. The Lord then interposed in judgment. Appearing in His glory to the whole congregation (just as in Num 14:10<\/span>), He said to Moses and Aaron, “ Separate yourselves from this congregation; I will destroy them in a moment<\/em>.” By assembling in front of the tabernacle, the whole congregation had made common cause with the rebels. God threatened them, therefore, with sudden destruction. But the two men of God, who ere so despised by the rebellious faction, fell on their faces, interceding with God, and praying, “ God, Thou God of the spirits of all flesh! this one man<\/em> (i.e., Korah, the author of the conspiracy) hath sinned, and wilt Thou be wrathful with all the congregation?<\/em> ” i.e., let Thine anger fall upon the whole congregation. The Creator and Preserver of all beings, who has given and still gives life and breath to all flesh, is God of the spirits of all flesh. As the author of the spirit of life in all perishable flesh, God cannot destroy His own creatures in wrath; this would be opposed to His own paternal love and mercy. In this epithet, as applied to God, therefore, Moses appeals “to the universal blessing of creation. It is of little consequence whether these words are to be understood as relating to all the animal kingdom, or to the human race alone; because Moses simply prayed, that as God was the creator and architect of the world, He would not destroy the men whom He had created, but rather have mercy upon the works of His own hands” ( Calvin<\/em>). The intercession of the prophet Isaiah, in Isa 64:8<\/span>, is similar to this, though that is founded upon the special relation in which God stood to Israel.<\/p>\n 18. And they took every man his censer. It is manifest how greatly they were blinded by pride, since, although admonished both by the confidence of Moses and also by the previous examples, they still obstinately go forward. Surely if any spark of the fear of God had remained in them, their censers would straightway have fallen from their hands; but Korah seems to have sought, as it were, deliberately how he might cast aside all fear, and totally bereave himself of his senses. For in the next verse, Moses narrates how ostentatiously he hardened himself in his rebellion, before he should offer the incense; for he gathered the people together to his party, in order that the magnificence of his array might overwhelm the grace of God, which opposed[ him. Herein also his senselessness is clearly seen, when he seeks to fortify himself against God by the favor of the, mob, as if he had desired to extinguish the light of the sun by interposing a little smoke. Now, let us learn so to condemn his folly, as that nothing similar may happen in ourselves; for all ambitious persons are affected by the same disease. They collect their forces by endeavoring to ingratiate themselves with men; and, if the world approves of’ them, they are inebriated with such fatal confidence, as to spit at the very clouds. But we shall soon see how God, by a single breath, dissipates all their ungodly conspiracies. <\/p>\n On the other side, the levity of the people is set before our eyes. For some time they had been all accustomed to the duly-appointed priesthood, which they knew to be instituted by God; yet only a single night is required to make them revolt to Korah. And, in fact, as we are by nature slow to act aright, so also we are carried away to evil in a moment, as soon as some villain lifts up his finger. <\/p>\n 18<\/strong>. <\/strong> Laid incense thereon <\/strong> They did not sprinkle blood, which was a priestly function, but they burned incense, because this was originally a prerogative of the high priest alone. But in the daily service of the second temple inferior priests, chosen by lot, burned incense each morning and evening. Luk 1:9<\/span>, note. The fact that the insurgents assumed the most sacred function of Aaron is another proof of their revolutionary purpose.<\/p>\n All Carry Out the Challenge of the Censers and Burn Incense in Them ( Num 16:18-19<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> ).<\/strong> <\/p>\n Num 16:18<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on them, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.’ <\/p>\n And next morning they did exactly that. They all came, every man with his censer, and stood with Moses and Aaron, and put fire in their censers and laid incense on them. And in such gross disobedience to Yahweh they stood at the door of the Tent of meeting. <\/p>\n Num 16:19<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.’ <\/p>\n But they were not there alone. Surrounding the Dwellingplace were the whole congregation of Israel, apart from the rebels. Korah had called for them all to come, and they had responded. It demonstrated that their hearts were at least partly with him. They too were sore at being sentenced to die in the wilderness. <\/p>\n Then the glory of Yahweh appeared in the Sanctuary, seen by all the congregation. At first the Levites, aware that they were still alive and that in spite of the fact that Yahweh had come, probably saw it as a triumph. Yahweh had not struck them down! The congregation might well have felt the same. Nothing spectacular was seemingly to happen here. <\/p>\n Num 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 18. And stood in the door.<\/strong> ] Such an impudency had sin oaded in their faces, that they stood stouting it out before the Lord, and made open profession of their wickedness: there was no need to dig to find it out, Jer 2:34 for they set it, as it were, upon the cliff of the rock. Eze 24:7 <\/p>\n fire. Note three kinds of fire here, Num 16:18 = strange fire; Num 16:35, judicial fire; Num 16:46, sacrificial fire. Compare Lev 9:24 with Lev 10:1, Lev 10:2. <\/p>\n door = entrance. <\/p>\n tabernacle = tent. Hebrew ‘ohel. App-40. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 10:1 – strange Lev 16:12 – from off Lev 16:13 – And he Num 16:37 – the censers Num 16:48 – General 2Ch 26:16 – to burn<\/p>\n Num 16:18. They put fire in them Taken from the altar which stood in that place, for Aaron might not use other fire. And it is likely the remembrance of the death of Nadab and Abihu deterred them from offering any strange fire.<\/p>\n 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. They could easily make censers in a slight manner, which would suffice for the present purpose. 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