Numbers 16:17

Context
16:17 And each of you¹ take his censer, put² 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

Context
16:35 Then a fire³ went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

[16:17] ¹tn Heb “and take, a man, his censer.”

[16:17] ²tn 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.

[16:35] ³tn 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.