Numbers 16:40 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person—no one who was not a descendant of Aaron—should ever enter the Lord’s presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the Lord’s instructions to Moses were carried out.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

To be a memorial unto the children of Israel. —The Apostle Jude warns Christians by the same example against the profanat…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

To be a memorial to the children of Israel. This passage again confirms what I have just said: God’s judgments, which should remain in ful…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

[To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel
The whole body of them; this explains what is meant by sign, ([Refere…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

A fire went out from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense, while Aaron, who stood with them, was preserved ali…