Numbers 16:48 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 16:48

He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

KJV

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The living - Whereby it may seem that this plague, like that fire, chap. xi, 1, began in the uttermost parts of the congregation, and so proceeded destroying one after another in an orderly manner, which gave Aaron occasion and direction so to place himself, as a mediator to God on their behalf.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד	vai.ya.'a.Mod	and he stood	H5975 →
בֵּֽין־	bein-	between	H996 →
הַמֵּתִ֖ים	ha.me.Tim	the dead	H4191 →
וּבֵ֣ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
הַֽחַיִּ֑ים	ha.chai.Yim	the living	H2416 →
וַתֵּעָצַ֖ר	va.te.'a.Tzar	and it was restrained	H6113 →
הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃	ha.ma.ge.Fah	the plague	H4046 →

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Where the connections lead

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
Psalms 106:30
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
leads to
- Numbers 25:6–8
  Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of…
- Joshua 7:12
  This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be…
- Numbers 25:14–15
  The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
- Jonah 1:12–15
  “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon…
- Deuteronomy 13:9–11
  Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
Through
2 Samuel 24:25
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 21:14
  And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded,…
- 2 Samuel 24:14
  David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
- 1 Samuel 7:17
  Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.