Numbers 16:48

He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

In Context

47So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.

49But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:18So the next day each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.

Numbers 25:8and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly and killed both of them. When he did that, the ◄plague/serious illness► that had started to strike the Israelis stopped.

2 Samuel 24:25Then David built an altar to Yahweh, and he offered the oxen to be completely burned on the altar, and he also offered sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then, Yahweh answered David’s prayers, and he caused the plague in Israel to end.

Psalms 106:30But Phinehas stood up and punished/killed the ones who had sinned greatly, and as a result the ◄plague/serious disease► ended.

1 Thessalonians 1:10They tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, from God’s punishing us [MTY].

Hebrews 7:24But because Jesus lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:42-50

41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord . 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among… Read the whole commentary →

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