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And they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Get away from among this congregation so that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.&#8221 Then they fell on their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Get away from among this congregation, so that I may consume them immediately.” Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces [in silence before the LORD].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.” But they fell facedown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.&#8221 But they fell facedown. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Stand back! I am going to wipe out these Israelites once and for all." They immediately bowed down and prayed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Get away from these people, and let me destroy them in an instant!" Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Move back from these people, and I will destroy them on the spot!" The two of them bowed down with their faces to the ground, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Leave this community, so I can annihilate them in a moment." But they fell upon their faces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.? And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!" But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." They fell on their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Remove from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Get up from the midst of this congregation, and I consume them in a moment”; and they fall on their faces,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Lift up yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them as in a moment. And they will fall upon their faces.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Withdraw from the midst of this multitude, and I will destroy them immediately.” And while they were lying on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Remove yourselves from this community, that I may consume them at once. But they fell prostrate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Get away from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Get you away from the midst of this congregation, that I may destroy them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Be separated from within this assembly and I shall destroy them in one moment”, and they fell on their faces.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/16-45.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=5452" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/16.htm">Murmuring and Plague</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">44</span>and the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext">45</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7426.htm" title="7426: hê·rōm·mū (V-Nifal-Imp-mp) -- To be exalted. A primitive root; to rise.">“Get away</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: mit·tō·wḵ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: hā·‘ê·ḏāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: wa·’ă·ḵal·leh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">so that I may consume</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/7281.htm" title="7281: kə·rā·ḡa‘ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- A moment. From raga'. A wink, i.e. A very short space of time.">in an instant.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: way·yip·pə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">And Moses and Aaron fell</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">facedown.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> </span><span class="reftext">46</span>Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></span><br />So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21-22</a></span><br />But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness. / But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-14.htm">1 Chronicles 21:14-15</a></span><br />So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. / Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">2 Samuel 24:15-16</a></span><br />So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. / But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></span><br />For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-10</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Amos 7:2-3</a></span><br />And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” / So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-5.htm">Amos 7:5-6</a></span><br />Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” / So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a></span><br />For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10-11</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. / Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a></span><br />What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-4.htm">Romans 11:4-5</a></span><br />And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” / In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6-9</a></span><br />if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; / and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell on their faces.</p><p class="hdg">get you up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Numbers 16:21,24,26</a></b></br> Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment… </p><p class="hdg">and they</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-22.htm">Numbers 16:22</a></b></br> And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/20-6.htm">Numbers 20:6</a></b></br> And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/21-16.htm">1 Chronicles 21:16</a></b></br> And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders <i>of Israel, who were</i> clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/16-42.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/16-42.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/16-43.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/16-40.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/numbers/16-37.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Once</a> <a href="/numbers/4-13.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Sudden</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/16-47.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/20-2.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/25-11.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/numbers/17-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/16-49.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/numbers/16-47.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ruth/2-7.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/numbers/22-15.htm">Once</a> <a href="/numbers/19-9.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Sudden</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-1.htm">The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-23.htm">Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-36.htm">The censers are reserved to holy use</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-41.htm">14,700 are slain by a plague, for murmuring against Moses and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Aaron by incense stays the plague</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Get away from this congregation</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine command for separation. The congregation refers to the Israelites, who were in rebellion against Moses and Aaron. This command echoes previous instances where God instructed separation to avoid the consequences of divine judgment, such as in <a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Genesis 19:12-13</a> with Lot and Sodom. It underscores the holiness of God and the necessity for His people to be set apart from sin.<p><b>so that I may consume them in an instant.</b><br>This reflects God's righteous anger and the immediacy of His judgment. The language of consuming suggests total destruction, reminiscent of the fate of Nadab and Abihu in <a href="/leviticus/10-2.htm">Leviticus 10:2</a>. It highlights the seriousness of rebellion against God's appointed leaders and His covenant. The phrase also serves as a warning of the consequences of sin, aligning with the broader biblical theme of divine retribution.<p><b>And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.</b><br>This act of falling facedown is a posture of intercession and humility before God. It demonstrates Moses and Aaron's role as mediators for the people, akin to Christ's intercessory role as described in <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>. Their immediate response shows their deep concern for the people and their understanding of God's character, balancing justice with mercy. This act of intercession is a recurring theme in Moses' leadership, as seen in <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>, where he pleads for the Israelites after the golden calf incident.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. Moses is a mediator between God and the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. He plays a crucial role in interceding for the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_congregation_of_israel.htm">The Congregation of Israel</a></b><br>The assembly of the Israelites who are in rebellion against Moses and Aaron, following the rebellion led by Korah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is holy and just, responding to the rebellion of the Israelites with righteous anger.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God among His people, representing His presence and holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin_and_rebellion.htm">The Seriousness of Sin and Rebellion</a></b><br>Sin and rebellion against God’s appointed leaders are taken seriously by God. The Israelites’ rebellion is met with immediate divine response, reminding us of the holiness of God and the seriousness of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>Moses and Aaron’s immediate response to fall facedown in prayer highlights the power and necessity of intercession. Believers are called to intercede for others, standing in the gap in times of crisis.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_amidst_judgment.htm">God’s Mercy Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>Even in the face of judgment, God provides a way of mercy through intercession. This points to the ultimate intercession of Christ, who stands between us and the wrath of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience_and_submission.htm">The Importance of Obedience and Submission</a></b><br>The rebellion of the Israelites serves as a warning against disobedience and the importance of submitting to God’s appointed authority.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god's_mercy_inconsistent_in_num_16.htm">Why does God’s response in Numbers 16:44–45 seem inconsistent with His mercy in other parts of the Bible? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_many_for_few's_actions.htm">If God is just, why were thousands punished for the actions of a few in Numbers 16:49? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_nation_want_egypt_after_miracles.htm">In Numbers 14:2, how plausible is it that a whole nation would suddenly wish to return to Egypt after seeing so many miraculous events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_one_act_bar_moses_from_canaan.htm">Numbers 20:12 - Why would a single act of disobedience prevent Moses and Aaron from entering the Promised Land, despite their lifelong dedication?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 45.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Get you up.</span> <span class="hebrew">הֵרֹמּוּ</span>, from <span class="hebrew">רָמַם</span>. The command is substantially the same as that in verse 21. Since it was not obeyed, we must conclude (as before) that it was not intended to be obeyed. <span class="cmt_word">They fell</span> <span class="cmt_word">on their faces.</span> In horror and dismay. No doubt they would have interceded (as in verse 22), but that Moses perceived through some Divine intimation that wrath had gone forth, and that some more prevailing form of mediation than mere words must be sought. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/16-45.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Get away</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵרֹ֗מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hê·rōm·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7426.htm">Strong's 7426: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exalted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִתּוֹךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(mit·tō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֔את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">congregation</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֵדָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that I may consume</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·ḵal·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in an instant.”</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּרָ֑גַע</span> <span class="translit">(kə·rā·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7281.htm">Strong's 7281: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, a very short space of time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And they fell</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip·pə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">facedown.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/16-45.htm">OT Law: Numbers 16:45 Get away from among this congregation that (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/16-44.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 16:44"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 16:44" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/16-46.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 16:46"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 16:46" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>