Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped. New Living Translation He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped. English Standard Version And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. Berean Standard Bible He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. King James Bible And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. New King James Version And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped. New American Standard Bible And he took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to a halt. NASB 1995 He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. NASB 1977 And he took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. Legacy Standard Bible And he took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. Amplified Bible He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end. Christian Standard Bible He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was halted. Holman Christian Standard Bible He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was halted. American Standard Version And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stopped suddenly. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased. Douay-Rheims Bible And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased. English Revised Version And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. GOD'S WORD® Translation He stood between those who had died and those who were still alive, and the plague stopped. Good News Translation This stopped the plague, and he was left standing between the living and the dead. International Standard Version He stood between the dead and the living and restrained the plague. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Literal Standard Version and stands between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained; Majority Standard Bible He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. New American Bible while standing there between the living and the dead. And so the scourge was checked. NET Bible He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. New Revised Standard Version He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. New Heart English Bible He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Webster's Bible Translation And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. World English Bible He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Young's Literal Translation and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Murmuring and Plague…47So 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. 48He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. 49But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.… Cross References Numbers 16:47 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. Numbers 16:49 But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah. Numbers 25:9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000. Treasury of Scripture And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Numbers 16:18,35 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron… Numbers 25:8-11 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel… 2 Samuel 24:16,17,25 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite… Jump to Previous Checked Dead Disease Plague Restrained Stand Standeth StoppedJump to Next Checked Dead Disease Plague Restrained Stand Standeth StoppedNumbers 16 1. The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram23. Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents 31. The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others 36. The censers are reserved to holy use 41. 14,700 are slain by a plague, for murmuring against Moses and Aaron 46. Aaron by incense stays the plague (48) And he stood between the dead and the living . . . --Aaron was, in this respect, a striking type of Christ, who "hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour" (Ephesians 5:2). Verse 48. - And he stood between the dead and the living. If this is to be understood literally, as seems most consistent with the character of the narrative, then the plague must have been strictly local in its character; striking down its victims in one quarter before passing on to another; only thus could it be arrested by the actual interposition of Aaron with the smoking censer. And the plague was stayed. Thus was given to the people the most striking and public proof of the saving efficacy of that mediatorial and intercessory office which they had been ready to invade and to reject. Thus also was it shown that what in profane hands was a savour of death unto death, became when rightly and lawfully used a savour of life unto life. |