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Numbers 16:47

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Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

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Numbers 16:47 in other translations

And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

Numbers 16:47 · American Standard Version

Numbers 16:47 in context

  1. 45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
  2. 46Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
  3. 47Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
  4. 48He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
  5. 49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.