Numbers 16:48

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Numbers 16:48

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He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

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KJV

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

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He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Numbers 16

⁴⁶ Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

⁴⁷ So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.

⁴⁸ He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

⁴⁹ But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.

⁵⁰ Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.

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