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Good News Translation

Numbers 16:4

When Moses heard this, he threw himself on the ground and prayed.

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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon 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;
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

1Korah son of Izhar, from the Levite clan of Kohath, rebelled against the leadership of Moses. He was joined by three members of the tribe of Reuben—Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—and by 250 other Israelites, well-known leaders chosen by the community. 3 They assembled before Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! All the members of the community belong to the Lord , and the Lord is with all of us. Why, then, Moses, do you set yourself above the Lord 's community?" 4 When Moses heard this, he threw himself on the ground and prayed. 5 Then he said to Korah and his followers, "Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us who belongs to him; he will let the one who belongs to him, that is, the one he has chosen, approach him at the altar. 6Tomorrow morning you and your followers take fire pans, put live coals and incense on them, and take them to the altar. Then we will see which of us the Lord has chosen. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!" 8 Moses continued to speak to Korah. "Listen, you Levites! 9 Do you consider it a small matter that the God of Israel has set you apart from the rest of the community, so that you can approach him, perform your service in the Lord 's Tent, and minister to the community and serve them? 10 He has let you and all the other Levites have this honor—and now you are trying to get the priesthood too! 11 When you complain against Aaron, it is really against the Lord that you and your followers are rebelling."

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
Abram had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she found out that she was pregnant, she became proud and despised Sarai.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "It's your fault that Hagar despises me. I myself gave her to you, and ever since she found out that she was pregnant, she has despised me. May the Lord judge which of us is right, you or me!"
Genesis 16:6
Abram answered, "Very well, she is your slave and under your control; do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so cruelly that she ran away.
Genesis 16:8
and said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress."
2 Samuel 6:16
As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and jumping around in the sacred dance, and she was disgusted with him.
Proverbs 30:23
a hateful woman who gets married, and a servant woman who takes the place of her mistress.
1 Corinthians 4:6
For your sake, my friends, I have applied all this to Apollos and me, using the two of us as an example, so that you may learn what the saying means, "Observe the proper rules." None of you should be proud of one person and despise another.

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.


 
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