44 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

45 Get you up from among this Congregation: for I will consume them quickly: then they fell upon their faces.

46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer and put fire therein of the [a]Altar, and put therein 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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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:46 For it was not lawful to take any other fire, but of the altar of burnt offering, Lev. 10:1.

44 and the Lord said to Moses, 45 “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end(A) to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer(B) and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly(C) to make atonement(D) for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord;(E) the plague(F) has started.”

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