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Numbers 16:46

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44 and the LORD said to Moses,

45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

47 So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.

48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

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BSB
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
WEB
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD! The plague has begun.”
ASV
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take they censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
DARBY
And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun.
BLB
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the firepan, and put on it fire from the altar, and set [on it] incense, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement upon them. For the wrath has gone out from before the face of YHWH—the plague has begun.”
ÅB
og Moses sa til Aron: Ta ildkaret og ha ild fra alteret i det og legg røkelse på og skynd deg så bort til menigheten med det og gjør soning for dem! For vreden er gått ut fra Herrens åsyn, hjemsøkelsen har begynt.
OTB
Da sa Moses til Aron: «Ta ditt ildkar og legg ild i det fra alteret, og legg røkelse på det; skynd deg så til menigheten for å gjøre soning for dem. Vreden har gått ut fra Herren; plagen har begynt.»
B1930
og Moses sa til Aron: Ta ildkaret og ha ild fra alteret i det og legg røkelse på og skynd dig så bort til menigheten med det og gjør soning for dem! For vreden er gått ut fra Herrens åsyn, hjemsøkelsen har begynt.

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  • Numbers 8:19

    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

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  • Leviticus 10:6

    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:24

    Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

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  • Numbers 11:33

    But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.

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  • Isaiah 6:6–7

    Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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  • Numbers 18:5

    And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

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  • Psalms 106:29

    So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

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  • Revelation 8:3–5

    Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

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