Numbers 16:41-50 ▼

41 The next day the whole congregation of Israel (he wrestles with God) grumbled against Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer), saying, “You⁺ have killed the LORD’s {YHWH} people!”

42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer) turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD {YHWH} appeared.

43 Then Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer) went to the front of the Tent of Meeting,

44 and the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

46 Moses (drawn out) said to Aaron (light bringer), “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD {YHWH}; the plague has begun.”

47 So Aaron (light bringer) took the censer as Moses (drawn out) had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.

48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

49 But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah (bald).

50 Then Aaron (light bringer) returned to Moses (drawn out) at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.