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What the Bible Says About Plague or Pestilence, the

Overview

The Bible addresses plague or pestilence, the across 44 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Jeremiah, Numbers and Psalms. Closely related themes include Sickness, Intercession, Passover and Egyptians. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Aaron, Moses and Korah.

Key Bible verses about plague or pestilence, the

Old Testament

Exodus

Exodus 12:23

For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

Exodus 12:29

And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. dungeon: Heb. house of the pit

Exodus 12:30

And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Exodus 32:35

And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

Numbers

Numbers 11:33

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

Numbers 16:46

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

Numbers 16:47

And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

Numbers 16:48

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

Numbers 16:49

Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

Numbers 16:50

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

Numbers 25:18

For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 16:6

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Jeremiah 16:7

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. tear: or, break bread for them

Jeremiah 21:6

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Jeremiah 21:9

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

Jeremiah 27:13

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

Jeremiah 29:17

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 29:18

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: to be a curse: Heb. for a curse

Jeremiah 42:17

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. So: Heb. So shall all the men be

People in the Bible and plague or pestilence, the

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying plague or pestilence, the for yourself

  • Begin with Exodus 12:23, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Jeremiah, Numbers and Psalms each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Aaron, Moses and Korah and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Sickness, Intercession, Passover and Egyptians.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about plague or pestilence, the?

The Bible addresses plague or pestilence, the across 44 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Jeremiah, Numbers and Psalms. Closely related themes include Sickness, Intercession, Passover and Egyptians. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Aaron, Moses and Korah.

How many Bible verses are about plague or pestilence, the?

The Bible references plague or pestilence, the in 44 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention plague or pestilence, the?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Exodus 12:23: “For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.”

Which people in the Bible are associated with plague or pestilence, the?

Aaron, Moses and Korah.

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