KJV ORIGINAL
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Aaron positioned himself between those who had died and those still alive, and God stopped the deadly plague.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during Aaron's intercession when God's judgment fell on the Israelites after Korah's rebellion. The people had complained against Moses and Aaron, blaming them for the deaths of the rebels, which triggered God's wrath in the form of a plague. Aaron quickly took his censer with incense and ran among the people to make atonement and halt the spreading death.
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