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Read Full Chapter (Numbers 16) Numbers 16:45 KJV
"Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces."
Numbers Chapter 16, Verse 45
Numbers 16:45 in Context (Verses 42–48 KJV)
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And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
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And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
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¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
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¶ 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.
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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.
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And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.