A censer—Rather, the censer. That is, that of the high priest which was used by him on the great Day of Atonement: compare Leviticus 16:12;[…

Take a censer.— Better, the censer. The reference appears to be to the golden censer of the high priest. Incense…

And Moses said to Aaron. The expiation of so great a sin did not indeed depend on the incense-offering, nor are we to imagine that God is …

And Moses said unto Aaron, take a censer
Which lay in the tabernacle:

and put fire therein from o…

The gaping earth had hardly closed before the same sins are committed again, and all these warnings are disregarded. They called the rebels the peo…