Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 [Exodus 12:35-36].
Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord—that is, at "the door of the tabernacle" (Numbers 16:18), that the assembled people might witness the experiment and be properly impressed by the issue.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Numbers 16:17:
Judges 17:5
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