Numbers 16:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 16:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 16:18 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the taberna..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 16:18 — KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 16:18 (KJV)
Numbers 16:18 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 16:18
“And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:18: took, censer, put
“And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:18: censer, put, fire
“And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:18: took, put, incense
“But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:18: took, put, thereon
“And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:18: took, every, tabernacle
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