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Selected Verse: Numbers 16:17 - Strong Concordance

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Nu 16:17 Strong Concordance And take [03947] every man [0376] his censer [04289], and put [05414] incense [07004] in them, and bring [07126] ye before [06440] the LORD [03068] every man [0376] his censer [04289], two hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] censers [04289]; thou also, and Aaron [0175], each [0376] of you his censer [04289].
  King James And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
two hundred fifty censers--probably the small platters, common in Egyptian families, where incense was offered to household deities and which had been among the precious things borrowed at their departure [Exo 12:35-36].
 
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35 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872]; and they borrowed [07592] of the Egyptians [04714] jewels [03627] of silver [03701], and jewels [03627] of gold [02091], and raiment [08071]:
36 And the LORD [03068] gave [05414] the people [05971] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of the Egyptians [04714], so that they lent [07592] unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled [05337] the Egyptians [04714].