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Numbers 14:5

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3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

4 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.

6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

7 and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.

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BSB
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
KJV
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
WEB
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
ASV
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
DARBY
Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
BLB
And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the face of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
ÅB
Da falt Moses og Aron ned på sitt ansikt foran hele den forsamlede menighet av Israels barn.
OTB
Da falt Moses og Aron på sitt ansikt foran hele forsamlingen av israelittene som var samlet der.
B1930
Da falt Moses og Aron ned på sitt ansikt foran hele den forsamlede menighet av Israels barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 16:4

    When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.

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  • Numbers 16:22

    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

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  • Numbers 16:45

    “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

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  • Ezekiel 9:8

    While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”

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  • Leviticus 9:24

    Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

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  • Joshua 5:14

    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

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  • Genesis 17:3

    Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

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