Numbers 16:50

50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague had stopped.^[a]

Numbers 16:50 in Other Translations

50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.

50 Then because the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

50 Aaron then went back to join Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. The plague was stopped.

50 Aaron then returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, since the plague had been halted.

Numbers 16:50 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:50

And Aaron returned unto Moses
After he had by his atonement and intercession put a stop to the wrath of God broken forth upon the people:

unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation;
where Moses was waiting for his return, and to know the issue of this affair:

and the plague was stayed:
even before Aaron left the camp, and is here repeated for the certainty of it, and to intimate that it continued to cease, and broke not out again.

Numbers 16:50 In-Context

48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.

49 But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.

50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague had stopped.

Footnotes

• [a]. In Hebrew texts 16:36-50 is numbered 17:1-15.