Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. Yahweh’s glory appeared to them.
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Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. Yahweh’s glory appeared to them.
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And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
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And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
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- Numbers 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 16:4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
- Numbers 16:19 Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the congregation.
- Numbers 16:22 They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”
- Numbers 16:45 “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
- Exodus 16:10 As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, Yahweh’s glory appeared in the cloud.
- Exodus 17:4 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
- Numbers 12:5 Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.
- Numbers 14:10 But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. Yahweh’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
- Numbers 16:42 When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared.
- Joshua 7:6 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before Yahweh’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16 David lifted up his eyes, and saw Yahweh’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
- Psalms 109:3-4 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
- Matthew 26:39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the…
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly; partly to avoid the growing rage of the people, for God’s singular protection of them did not exclude the use of ordinary means; and partly to go to God for relief and redress.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of…
And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly,.... Like fugitives, as Aben Ezra; they fled from them through fear, lest they should rise and fall upon them, and stone them, as their fathers were ready to do in a like case, Exo 17:4. It is very likely this assembly gathered about the tents of Moses and Aaron, who went from thence unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; where the Lord had promised to meet Moses, and speak unto him, Exo 29:42.
and they fell upon their faces; to pray, as Aben Ezra, that God would forgive the sin, of the people, and not break forth in his wrath against them, as he sometimes had done, and as their sin deserved, and that he would grant them what was needful for them. In the Vulgate Latin version the following words are added as their prayer,"and they cried unto the Lord, and said, Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, the fountain of living water, that they being satiated, their murmuring may cease.''But they are not neither in the Hebrew text, nor in the Greek version, nor the Chaldee paraphrases:
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and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them; either to Moses and Aaron, to encourage them to expect their prayers would be answered; or to the people, to terrify them, and silence their murmurings; see Num 16:19.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And cried....to murmur. These words are not found in…
And cried....to murmur. These words are not found in the Hebrew, Septuagint, &c., nor in the new edition of St. Jerome, though they occur in most of the Latin manuscripts. (Calmet) --- If it be an addition, it must be very ancient. (Mariana)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the…
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly--Here is a fresh ebullition of the untamed and discontented spirit of the people. The leaders fled to the precincts of the sanctuary, both as an asylum from the increasing fury of the highly excited rabble, and as their usual refuge in seasons of perplexity and danger, to implore the direction and aid of God.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Unto the door of the tabernacle — Perhaps…
6. Unto the door of the tabernacle — Perhaps too much awed by the “glory” to attempt further entrance.
Upon their faces — See note on Num_14:5.
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The glory of the Lord — See note on Num_14:10. This is the last occasion on which the glory of the Lord flashed out before Israel in the camp. But the cloud still continued visibly present over the tabernacle. The last mention of it is just before the death of Moses.
Deu_31:15. From this time we have no record of either the cloud, or the glory, or the voice from between the cherubim, till the dedication of Solomon’s temple. 1Ki_8:11. The glory appears in the New Testament to the shepherds. Luk_2:9. St. John (Joh_1:14) says of the Logos, “We beheld his glory.” St. Paul enumerates “the glory” as one of the peculiar blessings of the Hebrews. Rom_9:4. Its last terrific out-flashing in the eyes of men will be “when the Son of man cometh in his glory.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They fell upon their faces. See note on Num_14:5.
They fell upon their faces. See note on Num_14:5.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 lay facedown
lay facedown
This indicates that Moses and Aaron are humbling themselves before God. (See: Symbolic Action)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 20:6 they fell face down on the ground: As…
20:6 they fell face down on the ground: As in previous conflicts (14:5, 10; 16:4, 19, 22), they prostrated themselves and awaited the glorious presence of the Lord to resolve the crisis.
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