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Numbers 16:46

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 16:46

Verse 46 of 50

Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 16:46 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 16:46

Theological / Devotional

Said unto Aaron. Moses acted as God’s mouthpiece.

Take a censer. The Hebrew is definite, “Take the censer,” that is, the one Aaron used as high priest. Incense was a symbol of mediation and intercession (see Ps. 141:2; Rev. 8:3,4).

Unto the congregation. The incense was regularly offered only at the golden altar within the sanctuary. But now at God’s command Aaron carried it among the people without, thereby demonstrating his authority from God, and the power of God working in and through him.

An atonement. There was no time to choose and sacrifice an animal. Atonement was made by means of the incense in the censer, for the plague was already rampant among the people.

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