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He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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Aaron as a Type of Christ
All commentators agree that Aaron's act of standing between the dead and the living is a powerful foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. Just as Aaron, the high priest, stood in the gap to physically stop the plague, Christ, our great High Priest, stands between a holy God and sinful humanity. His atoning sacrifice and ongoing intercession halt the spiritual plague of eternal death for all who trust in Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A striking proof of the efficacy of that very Aaronic priesthood which the rebels had presumed to reject. The incense offering which had brought do…
19th Century
Anglican
And he stood between the dead and the living ... — Aaron was, in this respect, a striking type of Christ, who hath gi…
16th Century
Protestant
And he stood between the living and the dead. If you understand that the living were everywhere mingled with the dead, you may co…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he stood between the dead and the living The plague beginning at one end of the camp, and so proceeded on, Aaron…
The gaping earth had hardly closed before the same sins are committed again, and all these warnings are disregarded. They called the rebels the peo…
