Numbers 16:48

“And he stood between the dead and the living, etc.] The plague beginning at one end of the camp, and so proceeded on, Aaron placed himself between that part of it wherein it had made havoc, and that wherein yet it was not come; the Targum of Jonathan is, “he stood in prayer in the middle, and made a partition, with his censer, between the dead and living;” in this he was a type of Christ, the Mediator between God and man, the living God and dead sinners; for though his atonement and intercession are not made for the dead in a corporeal sense, nor for those who have sinned, and sin unto death, the unpardonable sin, nor for men appointed unto death, but for the living in Jerusalem, or for…”

“he stood between the living and the dead--The plague seems to have begun in the extremities of the camp. Aaron, in this remarkable act, was a type of Christ. Next: Numbers Chapter 17”

“A striking proof of the efficacy of that very Aaronic priesthood which the rebels had presumed to reject. The incense offering which had brought down destruction when presented by unauthorised hands, now in the hand of the true priest is the medium of instant salvation to the whole people. Aaron by his acceptable ministration and his personal self-devotion foreshadows emphatically in this transaction the perfect mediation and sacrifice of Himself made by Christ. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Numbers 16". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible".…”

“The living - Whereby it may seem that this plague, like that fire, Num 11:1, began in the uttermost parts of the congregation, and so proceeded destroying one after another in an orderly manner, which gave Aaron occasion and direction so to place himself, as a mediator to God on their behalf. Next: Numbers Chapter 17”

“What the plague was we know not; but it seems from this to have begun at one part of the camp, and to have proceeded regularly onward. Num 16:18, Num 16:35, Num 25:8-11; Sa2 24:16, Sa2 24:17, Sa2 24:25; Ch1 21:26, Ch1 21:27; Th1 1:10; Ti1 2:5, Ti1 2:6; Heb 7:24, Heb 7:25; Jam 5:16; Joh 5:14 Numbers 16:49”