Numbers 16:41-50
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
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.
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.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Even though we are remembering the dead in this memorial prayer devotional service, it is more for the living.
For some strange reason, unlike with other tragedies, the names and faces of the thousands of victims are not being shown and memorialized in newspapers.
– For the family and church family of Virginia pastor Gerald O. Glenn
– For the family and church family of Michigan pastor David Ford
– For the family and church family of Virginia pastor Landon Spradlin
– For the family and church family of Mississippi pastor Timothy Titus Scott Sr.
– For the family and church family of New York pastor Alvin Charles McElroy
– For the family and church family of New Jersey pastor Gioacchino Basile
– For the family and church family of Illinois pastor Angel Escamilla
– For the family and church family of Michigan pastor Kevelin Jones
– For the family and church family of Michigan pastor Robert Earl Smith Sr.
– For the families and friends of the 13 members of Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Manhattan who died from the Coronavirus
– For the family and church family of New York pastor Frank Williams
– For the family and church family of New York deacon Jeremiah Simpson
– For the family and church family of Detroit pastor Phillip A. Brooks
– For the family and church family of Missouri pastor Carl Smith
– For the family and church family of Michigan pastor Robert L. Harris
– For the family and church family of New York pastor Richard J. Guastella
– For the family and church family of New Jersey pastor H. Gene Sykes
– For the family and church family of Washington state pastor Andrea Bowman
– For the family and church family of California pastor Lawrence Wilkes
– For the family and church family of the Alabama pastor Eddie Lee Hunter
– For the family and church family of Georgia pastor Bernard Moss
– For the family and church family of Michigan church elder Freddie Brown
– For the family and church family of New York pastor Isaac Graham
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor Ronnie Hampton
– For the family and church family of Oklahoma pastor Merle Dry
– For the family and church family of Malaysian pastor David Cheng
– For the family and church family of Georgia pastor Jerry J. Smith
– For the family and church family of New Jersey pastor Rufus McClendon Jr.
– For the family and church family of Tennessee pastor Tim Russell
– For the family and church family of Illinois pastor Lucius Hall
– For the family and church family of Mississippi pastor Winfield Bracey
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Willie Howard
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Cornell Johnson
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Joseph Johnson
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Evelyn Jones
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Eric Joseph
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Jeanette Marshall
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Harold Nelson
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Rufus Tinson
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Ida Williams
– For the family and church family of California pastor Alex Bernard
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Antoinette Franklin
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Ronald Rhodes
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Herman Franklin Jr.
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Anthony Franklin
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church member Timothy Franklin
– For the family and church family of Indonesian pastor Biner Silalahi
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor Kejuane Bates
– For the family and church family of Illinois pastor Keith Burgess
– For the family and church family of Michigan church elder’s son Freddie Brown III
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor Leon Franklin
– For the family and church family of Illinois pastor Veodis Gaines
– For the family and church family of New York pastor Scott Elijah
– For the family and church family of New York pastor Jorge Ortiz-Garay
– For the family and church family of Indiana church member Lawrence Adcock
– For the family and church family of Indiana church member Patsy Adcock
– For the family and church family of Louisiana church memer Harold Orillion
– For the family and church family of Chilean pastor Mario Salfate
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor Gilbert L. Barnes
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor’s wife Janie Barnes
– For the family and church family of Georgia pastor Izell Williams Jr.
– For the family and church family of Michigan pastor Nathaniel Wells Jr.
– For the family and church family of Arkansas church greeter William Barton
– For the family and church family of New Jersey deacon Richard Barber
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor Steven Randolph
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor’s wife Barbara Randolph
– For the family and church family of Minnesota pastor Craig Breimhorst
– For the family and church family of Illinois deacon Adrew Betts
– For the family and church family of Illinois church member Vera Jackson
– For the family and church family of Illinois church member Marilyn Williams
– For the family and church family of Illinois church member Paulette Thomas Mickel
– For the family and church family of West Virginia church member Viola Horton
– For the family and church family of West Virginia pastor Rick Hood
– For the family and church family of New Jersey pastor W. Louis McDowell
– For the family and church family of Florida church member Jerry Austin Williamson
– For the family and church family of Florida church member Frances Jewel Bond Williamson
– For the family and church family of Kenyan pastor Silas Njiru
– For the family and church family of Washington state pastor Alexey I. Kolomiytsev
– For the family and church family of Filipino pastor Gilbert Luis Centina III
– For the family and church family of North Carolina church member Virgil Sutton
– For the family and church family of Illinois pastor Robert Skinner Jr.
– For the family and church family of British church warden Bob Corrin
– For the family and church family of Illinois pastor Myron Lett
– For the family and church family of Texas church member Laurie Ramirez
– For the family and church family of Illinois church member William Rosado
– For the family and church family of Georgia church usher Harold Johnson Passmore
– For the family and church family of Georgia church member Elizabeth Wells
– For the family and church family of New Jersey church member Rita Fusco Jackson
– For the family and church family of Florida pastor Rodney Howard-Browne
– For the family and church family of New York church member Cathy Williams
– For the family and church family of New York church member Shirley Miller
– For the family and church family of New York church member Michelle Donaldson
– For the family and church family of Indiana pastor’s wife Darlene Spencer
– For the family and church family of Virginia gospel singer Nathaniel Valentine
– For the family and church family of Texas pastor Christopher Segura
– For the family and church family of Louisiana pastor Robin Hardy
– For the family and church family of Texas church member T.J. Mendez
– For the family and church family of British pastor Paul Kabasele
– For the family and church family of Florida gospel singer Troy Sneed
– For the family and church family of New York church member James E. Thomas
– For the family and church family of New York church member Ruth Ann-Cohen Aikens
– For the family and church family of New York church member Janee Funchess
– For the family, friends and church family of Maryland pastor James N. Flowers Jr.
– For the family and friends of New York school principal Dez-Ann Romain
– For the family, friends and church family of Illinois church member Patricia Frieson
– For the family friends and church family of Illinois church member Wanda Bailey
– For the family and friends of Michigan resident Nathel Burtley
– For the family and friends of California police officer Marylou Armer
– For the family and friends of Maryland grocery store worker Leilani Jordan
– For the family and friends of New York resident Stanley Chera
– For the family and friends of Oklahoma veteran Bennie Adkins
– For the family and friends of New Jersey national guardsman Douglas Hickok
– For the family, friends and church family of Jamaican pastor Christopher Howard
– For the family and friends of New York firefighter Andrew DiMaggio
– For the family and friends of New Jersey 9/11 ferry pilot Luis Fernando Marulanda
– For the family and friends of New Jersey police officer Michael Conners Sr.
– For the family and friends of New York police officer Edward Ciocca
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Willie Howard
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Cornell Johnson
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Joseph Johnson
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Evelyn Jones
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Eric Joseph
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Jeanette Marshall
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Harold Nelson
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Rufus Tinson
– For the family, friends and church family of Louisiana church member Ida Williams
– For the family, friends and church family of Michigan church elder Philip Parish
– For the family, friends and church family of Washington state church member Nancy “Nicki” Hamilton
– For the family, friends and church family of California church member Don Sperling
– For the family, friends and church family of Milwaukee church deacon Lonnie Kincaid
– For the family, friends and church family of Georgia medical technician and devout Christian Diedre Heard Wilkes
– For the family and friends of Missouri nurse Judy Wilson-Griffin
– For the family and friends of New York doctor Frank Gabrin
– For the family and friends of Florida nurse Araceli Buendia Ilagan
– For the family and friends of New York nurse Theresa Lococo
– For the family and friends of New York physician’s assistant Madhvi Aya
– For the family and friends of New York nurse Freda Ocran