Numbers 16:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.”
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BSBPD
“He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Numbers 16:48 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:18So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
- Numbers 25:8followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
- 2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 2 Samuel 24:25And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
- 1 Chronicles 21:26And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
- Psalms 106:30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- John 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
- 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Hebrews 7:24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
- James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
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