16:17 And each of you 1 take his censer, put 2 incense in it, and then each of you present his censer before the Lord: 250 censers, along with you, and Aaron – each of you with his censer.”
Numbers 16:35
16:35 Then a fire 3 went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
1 tnHeb “and take, a man, his censer.”
2 tn This verb and the following one are both perfect tenses with vav (ו) consecutives. Following the imperative they carry the same force, but in sequence.
3 tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.