Numbers 16:47
45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
46 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.”
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.
49 But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
- WEB
- Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
- ASV
- And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
- DARBY
- And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.
- BLB
- And Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and he ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put in the incense and made atonement upon the people.
- ÅB
- Og Aron gjorde som Moses hadde sagt, og tok ildkaret og løp midt inn i flokken, og se, hjemsøkelsen hadde alt begynt blant folket. Så la han røkelsen på og gjorde soning for folket,
- OTB
- Så gjorde Aron som Moses sa, og løp inn i midten av menigheten. Plagen hadde allerede begynt blant folket, men Aron ofret røkelsen og gjorde soning for dem.
- B1930
- Og Aron gjorde som Moses hadde sagt, og tok ildkaret og løp midt inn i flokken, og se, hjemsøkelsen hadde alt begynt blandt folket. Så la han røkelsen på og gjorde soning for folket,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 25:6–8
Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read in contextNumbers 16:46
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.”
Read in contextPsalms 106:29
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10–12
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read in contextRomans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:10–11
He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Read in contextMatthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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