Numbers 16:48
Aaron stood between the dead and the living; in this way the plague was stopped.
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In The King James Version
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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Numbers 16:18So every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense in it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 25:8He followed the Israelite man into the tent and thrust the spear through both of their bodies, both the Israelite man and the woman. So a plague that God had sent on the people of Israel stopped.
2 Samuel 24:25David built an altar for Yahweh there and offered on it burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. So Yahweh answered the prayer on behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was confined.
Psalms 106:30Then Phinehas rose to intervene, 1 and the plague subsided. 1
1 Thessalonians 1:10They report that you are waiting for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead. This is Jesus, who frees us from the wrath to come.
Hebrews 7:24But because Jesus continues to live forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
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 →