“ And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. ”
A striking proof of the efficacy of that very Aaronic priesthood which the rebels had presumed to reject. The incense offering which had brought down destruction when presented by unauthorised hand...
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.
Numbers 16. The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (JE and P). The narrative fuses together accounts of distinct revolts led by different individuals and inspired by different motives. The firs...
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48. And he stood between the living and the dead. If you understand that the living were everywhere mingled with the dead, you may conjecture that God’s wrath did not so fall upon one par...
DISCOURSE: 163 AARON’S INTERCESSION Numbers 16:48 . And he stood between the dead and the living: and the plague was stayed. CORRUPT as human nature is, there are some sins which we scarcely t...
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 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 a...
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Stood between the dead and the living. The plague seems to have begun in the extremities of the camp. Aaron, in this r...
The Rebellion of Kokah, Dathan, Abibam, and On This incident is similar to that recorded in Numbers 12 , and while it illustrates the difficulties Moses encountered in his leadership, owing to th...
And he stood between the dead and the living... — Aaron was, in this respect, a striking type of Christ, who “hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savou...
KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1-50 ; Numbers 17:1-13 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to t...
“Between the Dead and the Living” Numbers 16:36-50 The censers served as plates for the altar. Even evil men and evil things will be made to subserve the divine purposes. See Acts 2:23 . What...
Here begins the story of perhaps the strangest and most fully organized opposition that Moses had to encounter. Two elements were at work. The first was ambition and the second was dissatisfaction....
Here we see Aaron representing the LORD JESUS indeed! For surely there was nothing of holiness in Aaron, that could interpose between an offended GOD and perishing sinners. But beheld with an eye to...
And he stood between the dead and the living ,.... The plague beginning at one end of the camp, and so proceeded on, Aaron placed himself between that part of it wherein it had made havoc, and that...
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Ver. 48. And he stood between. ] A clear type of Christ.
Between the dead and 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 anoth...
THE REBELLION OF KORAH (vs.1-15) The rebellion of Korah and a large company with him is significant of a dreadful revulsion against Christ both as Lord and High Priest of His people, and the awes...
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the L ORD . 42 And it came to pass, when t...
Whereby it may seem that this plague, like that fire, Numbers 11:1 , began in the uttermost parts of the congregation, and proceeded, destroying one after another in an orderly manner, which gave...
At Moses' Word Aaron Stays the Plague by Offering Incense on His Censer ( Numbers 16:46-50 ). The purpose in what followed was to demonstrate that Aaron with his censer was a totally different th...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the history of the rebellion of Korah and his company. The time and place of this event are not recorded. It is probable that it occurred in on...
Numbers 16:1 . Korah. One of the firstborn, a very old man, and grandson of Levi by his father Jahar. Dathan and Abiram were descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; these according to...
On the morrow all the congregation. .. murmured. Transgression and intercession I. A new rebellion raised the very next day against Moses and Aaron. Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and wonde...
EXPOSITION THE PLAGUE BEGUN AND AVERTED ( Numbers 16:41-4 ). Numbers 16:41 Ye have killed the people of the Lord. They bad in truth forfeited their own lives, and Moses and A...
The Rebellion and the Punishment of the Congregation.
1 Chronicles 21:26 ; 1 Chronicles 21:27 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 1 Timothy 2:5 ; 1 Timothy 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 24:16 ; 2 Samuel 24:17 ; 2 Samuel 24:25 ; Hebrews 7:24 ; Hebrews 7:25 ; James 5:16...
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 mann...