Numbers 16:45
in Numbers 16“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
KJV
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
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This verse in Numbers 16
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Get you up from among this congregation,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They fell upon their faces - In intercession for the people; compare Num 16:22; Num 14:5.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֵרֹ֗מּוּ | heromu | get away | H7426 → | |
| מִתּוֹךְ֙ | mitokh | from among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| הָעֵדָ֣ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה | vaakhaleh | so I may make an end of | H3615 → | 208 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כְּרָ֑גַע | keraga' | like a moment | H7281 → | |
| וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ | vaiyipelu | and they fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ | peneihem | faces their | H6440 → | 2123 times |
הֵרֹ֗מּוּget away
heromuH7426 →
מִתּוֹךְ֙from among
mitokhH8432 →418 times
הָעֵדָ֣הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וַאֲכַלֶּ֥הso I may make an end of
vaakhalehH3615 →208 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
כְּרָ֑גַעlike a moment
keraga'H7281 →
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּand they fell
vaiyipeluH5307 →435 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃faces their
peneihemH6440 →2123 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
Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
it leads to
- John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
- Luke 22:41–42
And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Matthew 26:42
A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 6:38
Through
1 Chronicles 21:16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed…
it leads to
- Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
- Jonah 3:6–8
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Numbers 14:5
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Numbers

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
