Numbers 16:46 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Incense - Which was a sign of intercession, and was to be accompanied with it. Go unto the congregation - He went with the incense, to stir up the people to repentance and prayer, to prevent their utter ruin. This he might do upon this extraordinary occasion, having God's command for his warrant, though ordinarily incense was to be offered only in the tabernacle.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מֹשֶׁ֜ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶֽל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַהֲרֹ֗ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
קַ֣ח	kach	take	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַ֠מַּחְתָּה	Ha.mach.tah	the censer	H4289 →
וְתֶן־	ve.ten-	and put	H5414 →
עָלֶ֨יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
אֵ֜שׁ	'esh	fire	H784 →
מֵעַ֤ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →
וְשִׂ֣ים	ve.Sim	and set	H7760 →
קְטֹ֔רֶת	ke.To.ret	incense	H7004 →
וְהוֹלֵ֧ךְ	ve.ho.Lekh	and take [it]	H1980 →
מְהֵרָ֛ה	me.he.Rah	quickly	H4120 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָעֵדָ֖ה	ha.'e.Dah	the congregation	H5712 →
וְכַפֵּ֣ר	ve.kha.Per	and make atonement	H3722 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
יָצָ֥א	ya.Tza'	it has gone forth	H3318 →
הַקֶּ֛צֶף	ha.Ke.tzef	<the> wrath	H7110 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֥י	mi.lif.Nei	from to before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הֵחֵ֥ל	he.Chel	it has begun	H2490 →
הַנָּֽגֶף׃	ha.Na.gef	the plague	H5063 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 8:19
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement…
leads to
- Numbers 1:53
  But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16–20
  But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar…
Through
Numbers 11:33
But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
leads to
- Psalms 78:30–31
  Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
- Psalms 106:14–15
  They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Through
Leviticus 10:6
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be…
leads to
- Joshua 7:1
  The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
- Numbers 16:22
  But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Joshua 22:18
  And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
- Joshua 22:20
  Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”