SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:47
Entonces tomó Aarón su incensario , como Moisés dijo, y corrió en medio de la congregación; y he aquí que la mortandad había comenzado en el pueblo; y él puso incienso, y reconcilió el pueblo.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 47. And Aaron took as Moses commanded , etc.] A censer with fire in it from the altar, and also incense: and ran into the midst of the congregation : though a man in years and in so high an office, and had been so ill used by the people; yet was not only so ready to obey the divine command, but so eager to serve this ungrateful people, and save them from utter destruction, that he ran from the tabernacle into the midst of them: and, behold, the plague was begun among the people ; he saw them fall down dead instantly in great numbers: and he put on incense ; upon the fire in the censer, which though it was not in common lawful to burn but in the holy place on the altar of incense, yet, upon this extraordinary occasion, it was dispensed with by the Lord, as it had been the day before when he offered it at the door of the tabernacle with the two hundred fifty men of Korah’s company; and perhaps the reason of it now was, that the people might see Aaron perform this kind office for them, and give them a fresh convincing proof of his being invested with the office of priesthood from the Lord, or otherwise he could have done this in its proper place, the sanctuary: and made an atonement for the people ; by offering incense, which God smelt a sweet savour in, and accepted of, and his wrath was appeased and the plague stayed: in this Aaron was a type of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of his mediation, atonement, and intercession; wrath is gone forth from God for the sins of men, which is revealed in the law; and death, the effect of it, has taken place on many in every sense of it, corporeal, spiritual, and eternal: Christ, as Mediator, in pursuance of his suretyship engagements, has made atonement for the sins of his people by the sacrifice of himself; and now ever lives to make intercession for them, which is founded upon his sacrifice and satisfaction, his sufferings and death, signified by the fire in which the incense was put.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 41-50 - The gaping earth was scarcely closed, before the same sins are agai committed, and all these warnings slighted. They called the rebels the people of the Lord; and find fault with Divine justice. The obstinac of Israel notwithstanding the terrors of God's law, as given on moun Sinai, and the terrors of his judgments, shows how necessary the grac of God is to change men's hearts and lives. Love will do what fea cannot. Moses and Aaron interceded with God for mercy, knowing ho great the provocation was. Aaron went, and burned incense between the living and the dead, not to purify the air, but to pacify an offende God. As one tender of the life of every Israelite, Aaron made all possible speed. We must render good for evil. Observe especially, tha Aaron was a type of Christ. There is an infection of sin in the world which only the cross and intercession of Jesus Christ can stay an remove. He enters the defiled and dying camp. He stands between the dead and the living; between the eternal Judge and the souls unde condemnation. We must have redemption through His blood, even the remission of sins. We admire the ready devotion of Aaron: shall we no bless and praise the unspeakable grace and love which filled the Saviour's heart, when he placed himself in our stead, and bought u with his life? Greatly indeed hath God commended his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, Ro 5:8 __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויקח 3947 אהרן 175 כאשׁר 834 דבר 1696 משׁה 4872 וירץ 7323 אל 413 תוך 8432 הקהל 6951 והנה 2009 החל 2490 הנגף 5063 בעם 5971 ויתן 5414 את 853 הקטרת 7004 ויכפר 3722 על 5921 העם׃ 5971
