Aaron 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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 16:47 in context
Numbers 16:44–50
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
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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 the LORD! The plague has begun.”
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Aaron 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.
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He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.
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Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.
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