Numbers 17:12

And Aharon took as Moshe commanded, and ran into the midst of the Kahal; and, hinei, the plague was begun among HaAm: and he offered ketoret, and made kapporah for HaAm.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

In Context

11And Moshe said unto Aharon, Take a fire pan, and put eish therein from off the Mizbe'ach, and put ketoret, and go quickly unto HaEdah, and make kapporah for them; for there is Ketzef (Wrath) gone out from Hashem; the plague is begun.

13And he stood between the mesim and the chayyim; and the plague was stopped.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:11Notwithstanding, the Bnei Korach died not.

Proverbs 19:3The folly of adam maketh his derech crooked, 1 yet his lev rages against Hashem. 1

Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend l'olam (forever), 1 neither will I lanetzach (always) be in wrath; 1 for the ruach (spirit) would grow faint before Me, 1 even the neshamot (souls) which I have made. 1

Matthew Henry on Numbers 17:9-13

8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their… Read the whole commentary →

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