Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

“Say to Elazar the son of Aharon, the kohein and have him lift up the firepans from the inferno, and you, scatter the fire yonder, for, they were sanctified;

[These] firepans of these sinners [who paid] with their souls, and make them into hammered sheets to overlay the altar, for they were brought in offering before Adonoy and they were sanctified; and they shall be for a sign for Bnei Yisroel.

Elazar the kohein, took the copper firepans, those that the fire victims brought and hammered them into a covering for the altar,

to be a reminder for Bnei Yisroel so that a commoner shall never offer, one who is not a descendant of Aharon, to burn [fragrant] incense before Adonoy; so as not to be like Korach and his congregation; as Adonoy spoke to him, through Moshe.

They complained—the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel—on the next day against Moshe and Aharon, saying: “You have killed [caused the death] the people of Adonoy”

When the congregation assembled against Moshe and Aharon, they turned to the Tent of Meeting and behold! The cloud covered it, and the Glory of Adonoy appeared.

Moshe and Aharon came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.

Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

“Remove [separate] yourselves from this congregation and I shall annihalate them in an instant,” and they fell upon their faces.

Moshe said to Aharon: “Take the firepan and put fire from atop the altar on it and place [fragrant] incense on it, and go quickly to the congregation and atone for them, for anger has come forth from before Adonoy; the plague has commenced.”

Aharon took, just as Moshe spoke, and he ran to the middle of the assembly and behold! The plague had commenced among the people. He put on incense and he atoned for the people.

He stood between the dead and between the living and the plague was halted [ceased].

The dead in the plague totaled fourteen thousand seven hundred, excluding those who died due to Korach’s rebellion [division].

Aharon returned to Moshe to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and the plague was halted.

Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

“Speak to Bnei Yisroel and take from among them a staff, a staff for each father’s [tribal] house, from all the leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs; and you shall write each man’s name on his staff.

You shall write the name of Aharon on the staff of Levi, for, [there is] one staff for the head of their fathers’ house.

You shall leave them inside the Tent of Meeting before the testimony where there I [My word] meet you.

It shall be that the man whom I choose, his staff shall blossom; and I will abate from Myself [before Me] the complaints of Bnei Yisroel that they complain against you.”

Moshe spoke to Bnei Yisroel and all the leaders gave to him a staff for each leader; a staff for each leader, according to their fathers’ house, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aharon [was] among their staffs.

Moshe placed the staffs before Adonoy in the Tent of the Testimony.

It was on the next day, Moshe came inside the Tent of the Testimony, and behold! The staff of Aharon blossomed for the house of Levi, a blossom came forth, and bloomed buds and bore ripe almonds.

Moshe then brought out all the staffs from before Adonoy to all Bnei Yisroel, and each (man) saw [recognized], and retrieved his staff.

Adonoy said to Moshe, “Return the staff of Aharon before the (Ark of) Testimony to be preserved as a symbol to the rebellious people, so that their complaint will end [from before Me] and they not die.”

Moshe did (this), as Adonoy commanded him—so he did.

Bnei Yisroel said [the following] to Moshe: “Behold, we perish, we are lost—we are all lost [killed by sword, some of us swallowed by the earth, some of us perish by plague].

Anyone approaching, who comes close to the Mishkon of Adonoy will die—have we been consigned to die?”