Numbers 16:45

Numbers 16:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
• New International Version (NIV)“Get away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” And they fell facedown.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.

Context of Numbers 16:45

43And Moses and Aaron went before the tent of meeting. 44And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Get you up from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces. 46And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun. 47And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.

Numbers 16:45 word by word

הֵרֹ֗מּוּ מִתּוֹךְ֙ הָעֵדָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם כְּרָ֑גַע וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Numbers 16:45

• Numbers 16:21Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.
• Numbers 16:22And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh! shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly?
• Numbers 20:6And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.
• 1 Chronicles 21:16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
• Matthew 26:39And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou [wilt].

Commentaries on Numbers 16:45

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45They fell upon their faces - In intercession for the people; compare Numbers 16:22; Numbers 14:5.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-50Verses 41-50 The gaping earth was scarcely closed, before the same sins are again committed, and all these warnings slighted. They called the rebels the people of the Lord; and find fault with Divine justice. The obstinacy of Israel notwithstanding the terrors of God's law, as given on mount Sinai, and the terrors of his judgments, shows how necessary the grace of God is to change men's hearts and lives. Love will do what fear cannot. Moses and Aaron…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-48The glory of the LORD appeared again and threatened to destroy the people of Israel (see 16:19–20). Moses and Aaron intervened by falling facedown on the ground.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 16:45

• Anger
• Israel
• Plague

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Commentaries on Numbers 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings