Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, July 10th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Geneva Bible

Numbers 16:4

But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon his face,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Ambition;   Conspiracy;   Dathan;   Israel;   Meekness;   Moses;   Treason;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Levites, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Abiram;   Dathan;   Earthquake;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Incense;   Meekness;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezra, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron's Rod;   Assir;   Election;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Deuteronomy;   Government;   Hexateuch;   Kadesh;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Korah, Dathan, Abiram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dathan ;   Korah;   Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Korah;   Samuel;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Brazen Serpent;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Attitudes;   Mediation;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anger;   Church Fathers;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
When Moshe heard it, he fell on his face:
King James Version
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
Lexham English Bible
When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.
New Century Version
When Moses heard this, he bowed facedown.
New English Translation
When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.
Amplified Bible
And when Moses heard this, he fell face downward;
New American Standard Bible
When Moses heard this, he fell on his face;
Legacy Standard Bible
And Moses heard this and fell on his face;
Contemporary English Version
When Moses heard this, he knelt down to pray.
Complete Jewish Bible
When Moshe heard this he fell on his face.
Darby Translation
When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.
Easy-to-Read Version
When Moses heard this, he bowed his face to the ground to show he was not being proud.
English Standard Version
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face,
George Lamsa Translation
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face;
Good News Translation
When Moses heard this, he threw himself on the ground and prayed.
Christian Standard Bible®
When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
Literal Translation
And Moses heard and fell on his face.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan Moses herde yt, he fell vpo his face,
American Standard Version
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
Bible in Basic English
And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Moyses hearde it, he fell vpon his face,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.
King James Version (1611)
And when Moses heard it, he fell vpon his face.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
English Revised Version
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
Berean Standard Bible
When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Moises hadde herd this, he felde lowe on the face.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses heareth, and falleth on his face,
Update Bible Version
And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
Webster's Bible Translation
And when Moses heard [it], he fell upon his face:
World English Bible
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
New King James Version
So when Moses heard it, he fell on his face;
New Living Translation
When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell face down on the ground.
New Life Bible
When Moses heard this, he bowed to the ground.
New Revised Standard
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.
Douay-Rheims Bible
When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face:
Revised Standard Version
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face;
THE MESSAGE
On hearing this, Moses threw himself facedown on the ground.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Moses heard this, he fell on his face;

Contextual Overview

1 Nowe Korah the sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab, & On the sonne of Peleth, the sonnes of Reuben: 2 And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume, 3 Who gathered themselues together against Moses, and against Aaron, and sayde vnto them, Ye take too much vpon you, seeing all the Congregation is holie, euery one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherfore then lift ye your selues aboue the Congregation of the Lorde? 4 But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon his face, 5 And spake to Korah and vnto all his companie, saying, To morow the Lord will shew who is his, and who is holy, and who ought to approche neere vnto him: and whom he hath chosen, hee will cause to come neere to him. 6 This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie, 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in the before the Lord to morowe: and the man whome the Lord doeth chuse, the same shalbe holie: ye take too much vpon you, ye sonnes of Leui. 8 Againe Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui. 9 Seemeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, & to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them? 10 He hath also taken thee to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee, and seeke ye the office of the Priest also?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 16:45, Numbers 14:5, Numbers 20:6, Joshua 7:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:22 - they fell Ezekiel 9:8 - that I

Cross-References

Genesis 16:4
And he went in vnto Hagar, & she conceiued. and when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee.
Genesis 16:6
Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.
Genesis 16:8
And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I flie from my dame Sarai.
2 Samuel 6:16
And as the Arke of the Lord came into the citie of Dauid, Michal Sauls daughter looked through a windowe, and sawe King Dauid leape, and dance before the Lorde, and shee despised him in her heart.
Proverbs 30:23
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, & for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
1 Corinthians 4:6
Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Moses heard [it],.... What they said, their complaint against him, for setting up Aaron for an high priest, and against Aaron for taking this honour to himself:

he fell upon his face; through shame, as the Targum of Jonathan, blushing at their sin, in opposing the ordinance of God; and through fear of the divine displeasure, and of the wrath of God coming upon them for such wickedness; and in order to pray to God for them to make them sensible of their sin, and give them repentance for it, and pardon of it, and avert his judgments from them such a conduct called aloud for.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile