Numbers 14 · Verse 5

Numbers 14:5

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

Numbers 14:5 in other translations

BSBThen Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
WEBThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
ASVThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
YLTAnd Moses falleth--Aaron also--on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.
DARBYThen Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
BBEThen Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.
WebsterThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

What does Numbers 14:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Moses and Aaron fell on their faces--as humble and earnest suppliants--either to the people, entreating them to desist from so perverse a design; or rather, to God, as the usual and only refuge from the violence of that tumultuous and stiff-necked rabble--a hopeful means of softening and impressing their hearts.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 14:5-10
Moses and Aaron were astonished to see a people throw away their own mercies. Caleb and Joshua assured the people of the goodness of the land. They made nothing of the difficulties in the way of their gaining it. If men were convinced of the desirableness of the gains of religion, they would not stick at the services of it. Though the Canaanites dwell in walled cities, their defence was departed from them. The other spies took notice of their strength, but these of their wickedness. No people can be safe, when they have provoked God to leave them. Though Israel dwell in tents, they are fortified. While we have the presence of God with us, we need not fear the most powerful force against us. Sinners are ruined by their own rebellion. But those who, like Caleb and Joshua, faithfully expose themselves for God, are sure to be taken under his special protection, and shall be hid from the rage of men, either under heaven or in heaven. (Nu 14:11-19)

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 14:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.Poland he fellH5307
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַהֲרֹ֖ןve.'a.ha.Ronand AaronH175
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵיהֶ֑םpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440
לִפְנֵ֕יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
קְהַ֥לke.Hal[the] assembly ofH6951
עֲדַ֖ת'a.Dat[the] congregation ofH5712
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 14:5

  • Numbers 16:4

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

  • Numbers 16:22

    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?

  • Numbers 16:45

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

  • Ezekiel 9:8

    And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

  • Leviticus 9:24

    And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

  • Joshua 5:14

    And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

  • Genesis 17:3

    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    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 of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

  • Revelation 7:11

    And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

  • Matthew 26:39

    And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  • Revelation 4:10

    The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

  • 1 Kings 18:39

    And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:4,22,45; Ge 17:3; Le 9:24; Jos 5:14; 7:10; 1Ki 18:39
1Ch 21:16; Eze 9:8; Da 10:9; Mt 26:39; Re 4:10; 5:14; 7:11

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Context

  • Numbers 14:4

    And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

  • Numbers 14:5

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

  • Numbers 14:6

    And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

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Numbers 14:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Moisés y Aarón cayeron sobre sus rostros delante de toda la multitud de la congregación de los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse et Aaron tombèrent sur leurs faces devant toute la congrégation de l’assemblée des fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da fielen Mose und Aaron auf ihr Angesicht vor der ganzen Versammlung der Gemeinde der Kinder Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quo audito, Moyses et Aaron ceciderunt proni in terram coram omni multitudine filiorum Israël.