Numbers 16:4

And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

In Context

3and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

5and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Numbers 16:45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

Joshua 7:6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 16:2-12

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are… Read the whole commentary →

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