Numbers 16:48
What does Numbers 16:48 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 16:48 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Context
v.47And 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.
v.48This passage
v.49Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
- Numbers 25:8
and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
- 2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
- Numbers 16:18
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
- 2 Samuel 24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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