Numbers 16:47 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Epistle 63 (397)

A man clearly worthy to be proposed that all should follow him was he, for when a terrible death on account of the rebels was spreading over the people, he offered himself between the dead and the living, that he might arrest death, and that no more should perish. A man truly of priestly mind and soul, who as a good shepherd with pious affection offered himself for the Lord's flock. And so he broke the sting of death, restrained its violence, refused it further course. Affection aided his deserts, for he offered himself for those who were resisting him.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A striking proof of the efficacy of that very Aaronic priesthood which the rebels had presumed to reject. The incense offering which had brought down destruction when presented by unauthorised hands, now in the hand of the true priest is the medium of instant salvation to the whole people. Aaron by his acceptable ministration and his personal self-devotion foreshadows emphatically in this transaction the perfect mediation and sacrifice of Himself made by Christ.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֨ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took [it]	H3947 →
אַהֲרֹ֜ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר׀	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֣ר	di.Ber	he had said	H1696 →
מֹשֶׁ֗ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וַיָּ֙רָץ֙	vai.Ya.rotz	and he ran	H7323 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
תּ֣וֹך	Tokh	[the] middle of	H8432 →
הַקָּהָ֔ל	ha.ka.Hal	the assembly	H6951 →
וְהִנֵּ֛ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
הֵחֵ֥ל	he.Chel	it had begun	H2490 →
הַנֶּ֖גֶף	ha.Ne.gef	the plague	H5063 →
בָּעָ֑ם	ba.'Am	among the people	H5971 →
וַיִּתֵּן֙	vai.yi.Ten	and he put	H5414 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַקְּטֹ֔רֶת	ha.ke.To.ret	the incense	H7004 →
וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר	vay.kha.Per	and he made atonement	H3722 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָעָֽם׃	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →

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Through
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 12:14
  Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- Luke 6:27–28
  But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Romans 12:20–21
  On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
- Proverbs 25:21–22
  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Through
Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
leads to
- Luke 6:27–30
  But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Proverbs 16:32
  He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Through
Psalms 106:29
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:8
  We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

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