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Numbers 16:47 KJV
Numbers · chapter 16 · verse 47
And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.Numbers 16:47 · King James Version
Numbers 16:47 in context
45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationqâhâlassemblageH6951 →
- commandeddâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- plaguenegepha tripH5063 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
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Here is, I. A new rebellion raised the very next day against Moses and Aaron. Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and wonder, O earth! Was there ever such an instance of the incurable corruption of sinners? On the morrow (Num 16:41) the body of the people mutinied. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-50