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Numbers 16:48

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living,—and the plague, was restrained.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And when hee stoode betweene the dead, and them that were aliue, the plague was stayed.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And he stood betweene the dead and the liuing, and the plague was stayed.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague ceased.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And he stood 5975
{5975} Prime
עָמַד
`amad
{aw-mad'}
A primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literally and figuratively, intransitively and transitively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
between x996
(0996) Complement
בַּיִן
beyn
{bane}
(Sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly the constructively contracted form of an otherwise unused noun from H0995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjugation, either... or.
the dead 4191
{4191} Prime
מָמוֹת
muwth
{mooth}
A primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively to kill.
z8801
<8801> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 309
and the living; 2416
{2416} Prime
חַי
chay
{khah'-ee}
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively.
and the plague 4046
{4046} Prime
מַגֵּפָה
maggephah
{mag-gay-faw'}
From H5062; a pestilence; by analogy defeat.
was stayed. 6113
{6113} Prime
עָצַר
`atsar
{aw-tsar'}
A primitive root; to inclose; by analogy to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble.
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Numbers 16:48

_ _ he stood between the living and the dead — The plague seems to have begun in the extremities of the camp. Aaron, in this remarkable act, was a type of Christ.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 16:41-50.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 16:48

The living — Whereby it may seem that this plague, like that fire, Numbers 11:1, 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.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Numbers 16:48

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

(t) God drew back his hand and stopped punishing them.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
What the plague was we know not; but it seems from this to have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded regularly onward.
Numbers 16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
Numbers 25:8-11 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. ... Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
2 Samuel 24:16-17 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. ... And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
2 Samuel 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:26-27 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. ... And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Timothy 2:5-6 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; ... Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Hebrews 7:24-25 But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. ... Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
James 5:16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
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Nu 16:18, 35; 25:8. 2S 24:16, 25. 1Ch 21:26. Jn 5:14. 1Th 1:10. 1Ti 2:5. He 7:24. Jm 5:16.

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