Numbers 16:38

“As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the LORD, and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.””

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭16:38‬

As for the censers of these men

“And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭8:4-5‬

Who have sinned

“Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:8‬

At the cost of their lives,

“But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1:18‬

Let them be made into hammered: Hammered by the word of God.

“Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭23:29‬

“The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.”

‭‭John‬ ‭12:48‬

Plates H6341: snare

“An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:13‬

“And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. …”

‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭13:9‬

“But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1:14‬

Made into hammered plates

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:29‬

“I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. …But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6:19, 22‬

As a covering for the altar,

“He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.”

‭‭Malachi‬ ‭3:3‬

“So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1:7‬

For they offered them before the LORD, and they became holy.

“In whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the LORD. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:21-22‬

“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12:11‬

Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:16‬