Numbers 16
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Numbers 16:44-50

44and the Lord said to Moses,

45“Get away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

46Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord; the plague has started.”

47So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people, but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them.

48He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.

49But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.

50Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague had stopped.

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