Numbers 16:48 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Numbers 16:48 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 16:48 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 16:48 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.”

Numbers 16:48 — World English Bible

Numbers 16:48 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Numbers 16:48 — American Standard Version

Numbers 16:48 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;”

Numbers 16:48 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 16:48 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Numbers 16:48 — Darby Translation

Numbers 16:48 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And when hee stoode betweene the dead, and them that were aliue, the plague was stayed.”

Numbers 16:48 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 16:48 in Context — Numbers 16

46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.

47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

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

49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

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What Does Numbers 16:48 Mean?

Numbers 16:48 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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