36. Then the Lord said to Moses,
37. “Tell Aaron's son Eleazar to take the fire pans from the smouldering fire and scatter the coals. The pans are now sacred,
38. because they were used for offering incense to me. Have them hammered into a thin layer of bronze as a covering for the altar. Those men died because of their sin, and now their fire pans will become a warning for the rest of the community.”
39. Eleazar collected the pans and had them hammered into a thin layer of bronze as a covering for the altar,
40. just as the Lord had told Moses. The pans were a warning to the Israelites that only Aaron's descendants would be allowed to offer incense to the Lord. Anyone else who tried would be punished like Korah and his followers.
41. The next day the people of Israel again complained against Moses and Aaron, “The two of you killed some of the Lord's people!”