Bible Verses

Then he stood between the living and the dead, and the terrible disease stopped.

Aaron did as Moses said and ran among the community, but the terrible disease was already at work among them. He put in the incense and asked for the mercy of the Lord on the people.

Then Moses said to Aaron: “Take the fire pan, fill it with burning coals from the altar, put incense in it, and hurry to the community to ask the mercy of the Lord for them. The anger has come down from the Lord, and the terrible disease has begun.”

 “Stand away from this community; I am going to destroy them here and now.” The two of them threw themselves face down on the ground.

The Lord spoke to Moses and said:

And Moses and Aaron went to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

As the community was rising against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tent of Meeting; the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

On the following day, the entire community of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying: “You have brought death to the people of the Lord.”

and to serve as a reminder to the Israelites that no one who is not a priest, a descendant of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his followers, just as the Lord had said to Eleazer through Moses.

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers of those men who were burned during the offering and had them hammered out to make a covering for the altar