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Księga Liczb 16:48
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I stanął Aaron między umarłymi i między żywymi, a zahamowana jest plaga.
stanął pomiędzy martwymi i żywymi i plaga została wstrzymana.
A gdy stanął miedzy żywemi i umarłemi plaga ona przestała.
I stanął Aaron między umarłymi i między żywymi, a zahamowana jest plaga.
I stanął Aaron między umarłymi i między żywymi, a zahamowana jest plaga.
I Aaron stał między umarłymi i żywymi i plaga została powstrzymana.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What the plague was we know not; but it seems from this to have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded regularly onward. Numbers 16:18, Numbers 16:35, Numbers 25:8-11, 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:17, 2 Samuel 24:25, 1 Chronicles 21:26, 1 Chronicles 21:27, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Timothy 2:6, Hebrews 7:24, Hebrews 7:25, James 5:16, John 5:14
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 5:5 - General 1 Chronicles 21:22 - that the plague Psalms 91:6 - destruction Psalms 99:6 - Moses Psalms 105:26 - Aaron Proverbs 29:8 - wise Ezekiel 13:5 - have not
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he stood between the dead and the living,.... The plague beginning at one end of the camp, and so proceeded on, Aaron placed himself between that part of it wherein it had made havoc, and that wherein yet it was not come; the Targum of Jonathan is,
"he stood in prayer in the middle, and made a partition, with his censer, between the dead and living;''
in this he was a type of Christ, the Mediator between God and man, the living God and dead sinners; for though his atonement and intercession are not made for the dead in a corporeal sense, nor for those who have sinned, and sin unto death, the unpardonable sin, nor for men appointed unto death, but for the living in Jerusalem, or for those who are written in the Lamb's book of life; yet for those who are dead in sin, and as deserving of eternal death as others, whereby they are saved from everlasting ruin:
and the plague was stayed; it proceeded no further than where Aaron stood and offered his incense, and made atonement: so the consequence of the atonement and intercession of Christ is, that the wrath of God sin deserves comes not upon those that have a share therein, the second death shall not seize upon them, nor they be hurt with it; for, being justified by the blood of Christ, and atonement for their sins being made by his sacrifice, they are saved from wrath to come.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A striking proof of the efficacy of that very Aaronic priesthood which the rebels had presumed to reject. The incense offering which had brought down destruction when presented by unauthorised hands, now in the hand of the true priest is the medium of instant salvation to the whole people. Aaron by his acceptable ministration and his personal self-devotion foreshadows emphatically in this transaction the perfect mediation and sacrifice of Himself made by Christ.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 16:48. He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague, c. — What the plague was we know not, but it seems to have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded regularly onward and Aaron went to the quarter where it was then prevailing, and stood with his atonement where it was now making its ravages, and the plague was stayed; but not before 14,700 had fallen victims to it, Numbers 16:49.
IF Aaron the high priest, with his censer and incense, could disarm the wrath of an insulted, angry Deity, so that a guilty people, who deserved nothing but destruction, should be spared; how much more effectual may we expect the great atonement to be which was made by the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom Aaron was only the type! The sacrifices of living animals pointed out the death of Christ on the cross; the incense, his intercession. Through his death salvation is purchased for the world; by his intercession the offending children of men are spared. Hence St. Paul, Romans 5:10, says: If, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved THROUGH HIS LIFE, i. e., by the prevalence of his continual intercession. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19: "And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
By the awful transactions recorded in this chapter, we may see how jealous God is of the sole right of appointing the way and means of salvation. Had any priesthood, and any kind of service, no matter how solemn and sincere, been equally available in the sight of Divine justice and mercy, God would not have resented in so awful a manner the attempts of Korah and his company in their new service. The way of God's own appointment, the agony and death of Christ, is the only way in which souls can be saved. His is the priesthood, and his is the only available sacrifice. All other modes and schemes of salvation are the inventions of men or devils, and will in the end prove ruinous to all those who trust in them. Reader, forget not the Lord who bought thee.