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Numbers 16:48

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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.”

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.

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.

50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.

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BSB
He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.
KJV
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
WEB
He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
ASV
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
DARBY
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
BLB
And he stood between the dead and between the living; and the plague was stopped.
ÅB
mens han sto der mellom de døde og de levende; da stanset hjemsøkelsen.
OTB
Han sto mellom de levende og de døde, og plagen ble stanset.
B1930
mens han stod der mellem de døde og de levende; da stanset hjemsøkelsen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 106:30

    But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

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  • Numbers 25:8–11

    followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

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  • 2 Samuel 24:25

    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

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  • Hebrews 7:24–25

    But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:26–27

    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

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  • James 5:16

    Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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  • Numbers 16:18

    So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:16–17

    But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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