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. 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. Majority Standard Bible He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. NET Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand stands between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained; Young's Literal Translation and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained; Smith's Literal Translation And he will stand between the dead and between the living; and the smiting will be withheld. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased. Catholic Public Domain Version And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the scourge ceased. New American Bible while standing there between the living and the dead. And so the scourge was checked. New Revised Standard Version He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague ceased. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stopped suddenly. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased. 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 Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them. 1 John 2:2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. Romans 5:11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, Romans 8:34 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. 1 John 4:10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. Exodus 32:30-32 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” / So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves. / Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.” Leviticus 16:11-16 When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. / Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil. / He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die. ... Psalm 106:23 So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. Ezekiel 22:30 I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one. Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: / that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. John 17:9 I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours. 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 He stood The phrase "He stood" signifies a deliberate and courageous action. In the Hebrew context, the word used here is "עָמַד" (amad), which means to stand, remain, or endure. This action by Aaron, the high priest, is not passive but an active stance of intercession. It reflects the role of a mediator, one who stands in the gap on behalf of others. In a broader theological sense, this foreshadows the ultimate intercessor, Jesus Christ, who stands between humanity and divine judgment. between the living and the dead and the plague was halted 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. |
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