Numbers 16:46

Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 16

“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.”Numbers 16:46

What Does Numbers 16:46 Mean?

Numbers 16:46 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 16, verse 46 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Numbers 16:46 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 91:3“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”Leviticus 10:1“And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.”Habakkuk 3:5“Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.”Numbers 8:19“And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.”Leviticus 10:6“And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.”1 Chronicles 27:24“Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.”Revelation 8:3“And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.”Leviticus 16:12“And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:”Numbers 1:53“But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.”Numbers 11:33“And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.”Numbers 25:8“And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.”Job 42:10“And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.”Habakkuk 3:2“O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.”1 Corinthians 10:10“Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.”Numbers 18:5“And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.”Psalms 106:29“Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.”Psalms 141:2“Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”Isaiah 6:6“Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:”Hebrews 5:4“And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.”Leviticus 9:24“And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.”

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