Numbers 16:38
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

Young's Literal Translation
[even] the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.’

King James Bible
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

Hebrew
As for the censers
מַחְתּוֹת֩ (maḥ·tō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4289: A fireholder, censer, snuff dish

of those
הָאֵ֜לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

who sinned
הַֽחַטָּאִ֨ים (ha·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’îm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2400: A criminal, one accounted guilty

at the cost of their own lives,
בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם (bə·nap̄·šō·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

hammer them into
רִקֻּעֵ֤י (riq·qu·‘ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7555: Beaten out, a, plate

sheets
פַחִים֙ (p̄a·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6341: A, sheet, a spring net

to overlay
צִפּ֣וּי (ṣip·pui)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6826: (metal) plating

the altar,
לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ (lam·miz·bê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

these were presented
הִקְרִיבֻ֥ם (hiq·rî·ḇum)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

before
לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and so have become holy.
וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ (way·yiq·dā·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

They will serve as
וְיִֽהְי֥וּ (wə·yih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a sign
לְא֖וֹת (lə·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition | Noun - common singular
Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

to the Israelites.”
לִבְנֵ֥י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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