John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 16:46
And Moses said unto Aaron, take a censer ,.... Which lay in the tabernacle: and put fire therein from off the altar ; the altar of burnt offering, from whence fire only was to be taken for burning incense; and lest Aaron in his hurry should forget to take it from thence, but elsewhere, and offer strange fire as his sons had done, Moses expresses the place from whence he should take it: and put on incense : upon the fire, in the censer, which he was to do when he came into the camp,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 16:41-50
Here is, I. A new rebellion raised the very next day against Moses and Aaron. Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and wonder, O earth! Was there ever such an instance of the incurable corruption of sinners? On the morrow (Num. 16:41) the body of the people mutinied. 1. Though they were so lately terrified by the sight of the punishment of the rebels. The shrieks of those sinking sinners, those sinners against their own souls, were yet sounding in their ears, the smell of the fire yet remained,... read more