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Numbers 16:48–49

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And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
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From verse 48

  1. 2 Samuel 24:25Rank 1 from verse 48
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    25And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

  2. Numbers 25:8–11Rank 2 from verse 48
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    8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

    9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

    10¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

    11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

  3. Psalms 106:30Rank 3 from verse 48
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    30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

  4. 1 Chronicles 21:26–27Rank 4 from verse 48
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    26And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

    27And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 1:10Rank 5 from verse 48
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    10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

From verse 49

  1. Numbers 16:32–35Rank 1 from verse 49
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    32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

    33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

    34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

    35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  2. Numbers 25:9Rank 2 from verse 49
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    9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

  3. 1 Chronicles 21:14Rank 3 from verse 49
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    14¶ So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

  4. Hebrews 10:28–29Rank 4 from verse 49
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    28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

    29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  5. Hebrews 12:25Rank 5 from verse 49
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

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Numbers 16:48

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

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stayed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of stay. Sense 1: Remained, waited, stopped, or delayed. Sense 2: Supported, sustained, relied, or rested upon. Sense 3: Restrained or held back.

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Numbers 16:49

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

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49Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

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50And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

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