Numbers 16:47-48

16:47 So Aaron did ¹  as Moses commanded ²  and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people. 16:48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

¹ tn Heb “took.”

² tn Or “had spoken” (NASB); NRSV “had ordered.”