Num 16:46 | HCSB | STEP | Then Moses told Aaron , “Take your firepan , place fire from the altar in it, and add incense . Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord ; the plague has begun .”

Numbers 16:46

46 Then Moses told Aaron, “Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make ^{▼▼atone/ atonement: A theological term for God's provision to deal with human sin. In the OT, it primarily means purification. In some contexts forgiveness, pardon, expiation, propitiation, or reconciliation is included. The basis of atonement is substitutionary sacrifice offered in faith. The OT sacrifices were types and shadows of the great and final sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.}atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.”