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Selected Verse: Numbers 16:48 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 16:48 |
Strong Concordance |
And he stood [05975] between the dead [04191] and the living [02416]; and the plague [04046] was stayed [06113]. |
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King James |
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The living - Whereby it may seem that this plague, like that fire, Num 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague, etc. - What the plague was we know not, but it seems to have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded regularly onward; and Aaron went to the quarter where it was then prevailing, and stood with his atonement where it was now making its ravages, and the plague was stayed; but not before 14,700 had fallen victims to it, Num 16:49.
If Aaron the high priest, with his censer and incense, could disarm the wrath of an insulted, angry Deity, so that a guilty people, who deserved nothing but destruction, should be spared; how much more effectual may we expect the great atonement to be which was made by the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom Aaron was only the type! The sacrifices of living animals pointed out the death of Christ on the cross; the incense, his intercession. Through his death salvation is purchased for the world; by his intercession the offending children of men are spared. Hence St. Paul, Rom 5:10, says: If, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved Through His Life, i. e., by the prevalence of his continual intercession. Co2 5:18, Co2 5:19 : "And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." By the awful transactions recorded in this chapter, we may see how jealous God is of the sole right of appointing the way and means of salvation. Had any priesthood, and any kind of service, no matter how solemn and sincere, been equally available in the sight of Divine justice and mercy, God would not have resented in so awful a manner the attempts of Korah and his company in their new service. The way of God's own appointment, the agony and death of Christ, is the only way in which souls can be saved. His is the priesthood, and his is the only available sacrifice. All other modes and schemes of salvation are the inventions of men or devils, and will in the end prove ruinous to all those who trust in them. Reader, forget not the Lord who bought thee. |
1 And when the people [05971] complained [0596], it displeased [07451] [0241] the LORD [03068]: and the LORD [03068] heard [08085] it; and his anger [0639] was kindled [02734]; and the fire [0784] of the LORD [03068] burnt [01197] among them, and consumed [0398] them that were in the uttermost parts [07097] of the camp [04264].
19 To wit [5613], that [3754] God [2316] was [2258] in [1722] Christ [5547], reconciling [2644] the world [2889] unto himself [1438], not [3361] imputing [3049] their [846] trespasses [3900] unto them [846]; and [2532] hath committed [5087] unto [1722] us [2254] the word [3056] of reconciliation [2643].
18 And [1161] all things [3956] are of [1537] God [2316], who [3588] hath reconciled [2644] us [2248] to himself [1438] by [1223] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], and [2532] hath given [1325] to us [2254] the ministry [1248] of reconciliation [2643];
10 For [1063] if [1487], when we were [5607] enemies [2190], we were reconciled [2644] to God [2316] by [1223] the death [2288] of his [846] Son [5207], much [4183] more [3123], being reconciled [2644], we shall be saved [4982] by [1722] his [846] life [2222].
49 Now they that died [04191] in the plague [04046] were fourteen [0702] [06240] thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967], beside them that died [04191] about the matter [01697] of Korah [07141].