16:37 “Tell50 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up51 the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire52 at a distance.
tn The verb is the jussive with a vav (ו) coming after the imperative; it may be subordinated to form a purpose clause (“that he may pick up”) or the object of the imperative.
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tn The Hebrew text just has “fire,” but it would be hard to conceive of this action apart from the idea of coals of fire.