Numbers

Numbers 16:46

⁴⁶Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֜ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶֽל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֗ן	’a·hă·rōn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H175 Aaron
Take	קַ֣ח	qaḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3947 take
your censer	הַ֠מַּחְתָּה	ham·maḥ·tāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4289 fire-holder, censer, snuff-dish
place	וְתֶן־	wə·ṯen-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
fire	אֵ֜שׁ	’êš	Noun - common singular	H784 fire
from	עָלֶ֨יהָ	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height
the altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	ham·miz·bê·aḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
in it	מֵעַ֤ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
and add incense	קְטֹ֔רֶת	qə·ṭō·reṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H7004 smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense
Go	וְהוֹלֵ֧ךְ	wə·hō·w·lêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
quickly	מְהֵרָ֛ה	mə·hê·rāh	Adverb	H4120 haste, speed
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the congregation	הָעֵדָ֖ה	hā·‘ê·ḏāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5712 congregation
and make atonement	וְכַפֵּ֣ר	wə·ḵap·pêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H3722 cover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiation
for them	עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
wrath	הַקֶּ֛צֶף	haq·qe·ṣep̄	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7110 wrath
has come	יָצָ֥א	yā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
out from	מִלִּפְנֵ֥י	mil·lip̄·nê	Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the plague	הַנָּֽגֶף׃	han·nā·ḡep̄	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5063 blow, striking
has begun	הֵחֵ֥ל	hê·ḥêl	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2490 bore, pierce

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Numbers 8:19 · Leviticus 10:6 · 1 Chronicles 27:24 · Numbers 11:33 · Psalm 106:29 · Revelation 8:3–5 · Isaiah 6:6–7 · Numbers 18:5 · Hebrews 9:25–26 · Leviticus 9:24–10:1 · Psalm 141:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.