Numbers 17:13

And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

In Context

12And Aharon took, as Mosheh had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation, and, behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on sweet incense and made atonement for the people.

14But they who died of the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside those who died on account of the matter of Korach.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, the Lord hath said, You shall not eat of it, nor approach to it, lest you die.

Numbers 16:26And he spake with the congregation, saying: Remove now from the tents of these guilty men, and touch not anything that is theirs, lest you be stricken with all their sins.

Numbers 25:8And he went in after the man, the son of Israel, into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man, the son of Israel, and the woman, through her belly; and the pestilence was stayed from the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 2:16When all the men of war had been consumed, and had died away from among the people,

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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