Bible Strands
Numbers 20:6
Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron withdraw from the complaining assembly to the Tent of Meeting entrance after Israel demands water. They prostrate themselves before God appears.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יָּבֹא (va/i.ya.Vo') literally means "and he went," marking their physical departure from the congregation. The noun פֶּ֙תַח (pe.tach) denotes the specific entrance or threshold of the Tent of Meeting where they stand.
The thread — This sequence of withdrawal and prostration parallels Moses and Aaron falling facedown in Numbers 14:5 and Moses alone in Numbers 16:4. The manifestation of divine glory at the tent threshold echoes the event recorded in Numbers 16:19.
Why it lands — The text records physical withdrawal and prostration before divine appearance, which frames the reader’s response as one of recognizing God’s presence as the sole authority in crisis. This demands a cessation of human complaint and a posture of submission before divine intervention.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
- Numbers 16:4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
- Numbers 16:19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
- 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?”
- Numbers 16:45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
- Exodus 16:10 And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Exodus 17:4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
- Numbers 12:5 and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
- Numbers 14:10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 16:42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.