Numbers 14:5
in Numbers 14Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
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ASV
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
KJV
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Already Caleb had endeavored to still the people before Moses Num 13:30; already Moses himself (Deu 1:29 ff) had endeavored to recall the people to obedience. After the failure of these efforts Moses and Aaron cast themselves down in solemn prayer before God (compare Num 16:22); and the appearance of the glory of the Lord in the “tabernacle of the congregation” Num 14:10 was the immediate answer.
This site's exposition
Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
on Numbers 14:5-6
Four men act while the nation shouts, and they act in two different ways. Moses and Aaron go face down before the assembly, which is the posture of men interceding. Joshua and Caleb rend their clothes, which is the sign of a death or a blasphemy heard.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Moses and Aaron fell on their faces--as humble and earnest suppliants--either to the people, entreating them to desist from so perverse a design; or rather, to God, as the usual and only refuge from the violence of that tumultuous and stiff-necked rabble--a hopeful means of softening and impressing their hearts.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפֹּ֥ל | vaiyipol | and he fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן | veaharon | and Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם | peneihem | faces their | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| לִפְנֵ֕י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קְהַ֥ל | kehal | [the] assembly of | H6951 → | 123 times |
| עֲדַ֖ת | ʾadat | [the] congregation of | H5712 → | 149 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיִּפֹּ֥לand he fell
vaiyipolH5307 →435 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְאַהֲרֹ֖ןand Aaron
veaharonH175 →347 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵיהֶ֑םfaces their
peneihemH6440 →2123 times
לִפְנֵ֕י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
קְהַ֥ל[the] assembly of
kehalH6951 →123 times
עֲדַ֖ת[the] congregation of
ʾadatH5712 →149 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 5:14“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
it leads to
- Isaiah 55:4
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
- Revelation 19:10–14
So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus.…
- Exodus 23:20–22
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Isaiah 55:4
Through
Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
it leads to
- Numbers 27:16
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
- Zechariah 12:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man…
- Job 12:10
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Numbers 27:16
Through
Numbers 16:4When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:6
Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 20:6
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.