Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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

Bible References

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
So they took each man his censer and put thereon fire, and placed thereon incense, - and took their stand at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 25:8
and went in after the man of Israel into the pleasure-tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, in her parts of shame, - so the plague was restrained from against the sons of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:16
But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people - Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices, and peace-offerings, - and called unto Yahweh, and he responded to him, by fire, out of the heavens, upon the altar of ascending-sacrifice.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
And awaiting his Son out of the heavens - whom he raised from among the dead, - Jesus: Who is to rescue us out of the anger that is coming.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men, - a man - Christ Jesus:
Hebrews 7:24
But, he, by reason of his remaining age-abidingly, untransmissible, holdeth, the priesthood.
James 5:16
Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other's behalf, - that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:
John 5:14
After these things, Jesus findeth him, in the temple, and said unto him - See! thou hast become, well: - No more, be committing sin, lest, some worse thing, do thee befall.

General references

Numbers 12:13
Then Moses made outcry unto Yahweh, saying, - O GOD, I beseech thee grant healing. I beseech thee unto her.
Numbers 16:6
This do, - Take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly;
Deuteronomy 5:5
(I was standing between Yahweh and you, at that time, to declare unto you the word of Yahweh, - for ye shrank with fear from the presence of the fire, and went not up in the mount) saying: -
Deuteronomy 28:21
Yahweh will cause to cleave unto thee - the pestilence, - until he hath consumed thee from off the soil which thou art entering to possess.
Hebrews 5:4
And, not unto himself, doth one take the honour, but when called by God, just as, even Aaron: