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Numbers 16:46

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Moses 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.”

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Numbers 16:46 in other translations

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.

Numbers 16:46 · American Standard Version

Numbers 16:46 in context

  1. 44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
  2. 45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
  3. 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.”
  4. 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.
  5. 48He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.