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Christian Standard Bible ®

Numbers 14:5

Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Cowardice;   Disobedience to God;   Government;   Israel;   Trouble;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mediator;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Congregation, Assembly;   Hexateuch;   Israel;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;   Government of the Hebrews;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Attitudes;   Fall;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Congregation;   Hafá¹­arah;   Memra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Then Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Yisra'el.
King James Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the assembly of the community of the Israelites.
New Century Version
Then Moses and Aaron bowed facedown in front of all the Israelites gathered there.
New English Translation
Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.
Amplified Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the Israelites.
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the Congregation of the children of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces before the entire assembled community of the people of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses and Aaron bowed low to the ground in front of all the people gathered there.
English Standard Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Good News Translation
Then Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground in front of all the people.
Literal Translation
And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Moses & Aaron fell vpo their faces before ye whole cogregacion of the multitude of the childre of Israel.
American Standard Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Moyses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the congregation of the chyldren of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the Congregation of the children of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel.
English Revised Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the entire assembled congregation of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne this was herd, Moises and Aaron felden lowe to erthe, bifor al the multitude of the sones of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses falleth -- Aaron also -- on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.
Update Bible Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
World English Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
New King James Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
New Living Translation
Then Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground before the whole community of Israel.
New Life Bible
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in front of all the gathering of the people of Israel.
New Revised Standard
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the Israelites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then did Moses and Aaron fall upon their faces, - before all the convocation of the assembly of the sons of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
THE MESSAGE
Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in front of the entire community, gathered in emergency session.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

Contextual Overview

5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community. 6Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who scouted out the land, tore their clothes 7and said to the entire Israelite community: “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land. 8If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and give it to us. 9Only don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Don’t be afraid of them!” 10While the whole community threatened to stone them, the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 16:4, Numbers 16:22, Numbers 16:45, Genesis 17:3, Leviticus 9:24, Joshua 5:14, Joshua 7:10, 1 Kings 18:39, 1 Chronicles 21:16, Ezekiel 9:8, Daniel 10:9, Matthew 26:39, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 5:14, Revelation 7:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:17 - fell Numbers 20:6 - they fell 2 Chronicles 7:3 - they bowed

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
Now the Siddim Valley contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains.
Genesis 14:11
The four kings took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went on.
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most Highwho has handed over your enemies to you.
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’
Genesis 15:20
Hethites, Perizzites, Rephaim,
Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 13½ feet long and 6 feet wide by a standard measure.)
Deuteronomy 3:20
until the Lord gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession that I have given you.
Deuteronomy 3:22
Don’t be afraid of them, for the Lord your God fights for you.
Joshua 12:4
King Og of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces,.... Through shame and confusion of face for them, at hearing so shocking a proposal made, and such wretched ingratitude expressed; they blushed at it, and were in the utmost distress on account of it, and therefore threw themselves into this posture; or it may be this was done either to beg of them that they would lay aside all thoughts of this kind, or to supplicate the divine Majesty that he would convince them of their sin and folly, and give them repentance for it and forgiveness of it; and this they did

before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel; to affect them the more with a sense of their sin and danger.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Already Caleb had endeavored to still the people before Moses Numbers 13:30; already Moses himself (Deuteronomy 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 Numbers 16:22); and the appearance of the glory of the Lord in the “tabernacle of the congregation” Numbers 14:10 was the immediate answer.


 
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