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Numbers 17:11

And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Murmuring;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Divination;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Wisdom of Solomon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Melchizedek;   Tabernacle, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Aaron's Rod;   Ezekiel;   Korah;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Priest;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Incense;   Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Thus did Moshe: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
King James Version
And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
Lexham English Bible
So Moses did; just as Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
New Century Version
So Moses obeyed what the Lord commanded him.
New English Translation
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him—this is what he did.
Amplified Bible
And Moses did so; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
New American Standard Bible
Moses did so; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him: so did he.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Moses did; just as Yahweh had commanded him, so he did.
Contemporary English Version
Moses did what he was told.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe said to Aharon, "Take your fire pan, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, and hurry with it to the assembly to make atonement for them, because anger has gone out from Adonai , and the plague has already begun!"
Darby Translation
And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Moses did what the Lord commanded him.
English Standard Version
Thus did Moses; as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses did so; as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Good News Translation
Moses did as the Lord commanded.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him.
Literal Translation
And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him; so he did.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Moses dyd as ye LORDE comaunded him.
American Standard Version
Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.
Bible in Basic English
This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded hym, euen so dyd he.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
English Revised Version
Thus did Moses: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Berean Standard Bible
So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises dide, as the Lord comaundide.
Young's Literal Translation
and Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done.
Update Bible Version
Thus did Moses: as Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses did [so]: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
World English Bible
Thus did Moses: as Yahweh commanded him, so did he.
New King James Version
Thus did Moses; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
New Living Translation
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him.
New Life Bible
So Moses did this. He did just as the Lord had told him.
New Revised Standard
Moses did so; just as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus did Moses, - as Yahweh commanded him, so, did he.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.
Revised Standard Version
Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did.
THE MESSAGE
Moses did just as God commanded him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

Contextual Overview

8 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. 9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 10 'Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces. 11 And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.' 12 And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 13 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man's name upon his rod. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers' houses. And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud; and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.' And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel; and they looked, and took every man his rod. And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against Me, that they die not.' Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so did he. And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the LORD, is to die; shall we wholly perish?'

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Cross-References

Genesis 17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:27
And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: 'Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.'
Exodus 12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Joshua 5:3
And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.
2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses did so; as the Lord commanded him, even so did he. Took Aaron's rod, and laid it up before the ark for the purpose mentioned, being a faithful servant to God in all his house.


 
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