Numbers 16:46 KJV

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

Matthew Henry

  • The people murmur A plague sentThe gaping earth was scarcely closed, before the same sins are again committed, and all these warnings slighted. They called the rebels the people of the...

Thompson Chains

  • CensersSee the chain from Leviticus 16:12 · 5 links
  • PlaguesLink 3 of 4 · next Numbers 25:9
  • IncenseLink 7 of 11 · next Ezekiel 8:11
  • CongregationSee the chain from Leviticus 4:13 · 4 links
  • AtonementSee the chain from Leviticus 4:20 · 12 links

Cross References

  • Leviticus 10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
  • Numbers 8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
  • Numbers 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
  • Numbers 11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

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Topics

  • Aaron Stays the plague by priestly intercession
  • Abiram 1. An Israelite who conspired with Dathan against Moses and Aaron
  • Atonement By incense
  • Blindness Israelites
  • Censer Used for offering incense

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • MosesDrawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen 45:17–25), Jacob and his sons went down into...
  • AaronThe eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Moses מֹשֶׁה mōšê מֹשֶׁה Proper name
  • said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • unto Aaron אֶל ʾel Preposition אַהֲרֹן ʾahărōn אַהֲרוֹן Proper name
  • Take קַח qaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • a censer אֶת ʾet Object marker הַמַּחְתָּה hammaḥtâ מַחְתָּה Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • and put וְתֶן wĕten נָתַן Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
  • fire עָלֶיהָ ʿālêhā Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular אֵשׁ ʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • therein from off מִלִּפְנֵי millipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, preposition
  • the altar מֵעַל mēʿal Preposition הַמִּזְבֵּחַ hammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • and put וְשִׂים wĕśîm שׂוּם Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
  • on incense קְטֹרֶת qĕṭōret קְטֹרֶת Noun · feminine singular
  • and go וְהוֹלֵךְ wĕhôlēk יָלַךְ Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
  • quickly מְהֵרָה mĕhērâ מְהֵרָה Noun · feminine singular
  • unto the congregation אֶל ʾel Preposition הָעֵדָה hāʿēdâ עֵדָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • and make an atonement וְכַפֵּר wĕkappēr כָּפַר Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
  • for them: for there is wrath הַקֶּצֶף haqqeṣep קֶצֶף Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • gone out עֲלֵיהֶם ʿălêhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural כִּי kî Conjunction יָצָא yāṣāʾ יָצָא Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • from the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • the plague הַנָּגֶף hannāgep נֶגֶף Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • is begun הֵחֵל hēḥēl חָלַל Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular

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