1)
Why did Aharon stand between the dead and the living?
1.
Rashbam To prevent the Malach ha'Maves from crossing and continuing to kill.
2.
Seforno: To cure those who had already been affected by the plague and were ill. 1
3.
Targum Yonasan: To Daven that the plague should cease.
2)
What did Aharon do to stop the plague?
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Rashi: After scattering the Ketores between the dead and the living, he seized the Mal'ach ha'Maves and convinced him that, despite the fact that Hashem had sent him to destroy, Moshe, who only carried out the instructions of Hashem, had sent him to stop the plague. 1
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Rashi: As implied by Pasuk 15 "Vayashav Aharon el Moshe ... ".
