Numbers 16:45 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Numbers 16:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They fell upon their faces - In intercession for the people; compare Numbers 16:22 ; Numbers 14:5 .
Numbers 16:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 16. The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (JE and P). The narrative fuses together accounts of distinct revolts led by different individuals and inspired by different motives. The firs...
Numbers 16:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

45. Get you up from among this congregation. I have expounded the meaning of this expression a little above, namely, that as God regards His people with constant and peculiar love, so He def...
Numbers 16:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Numbers 16:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glo...
Numbers 16:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebellion of Kokah, Dathan, Abibam, and On This incident is similar to that recorded in Numbers 12 , and while it illustrates the difficulties Moses encountered in his leadership, owing to th...
Numbers 16:45 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1-50 ; Numbers 17:1-13 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to t...
Numbers 16:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Between the Dead and the Living” Numbers 16:36-50 The censers served as plates for the altar. Even evil men and evil things will be made to subserve the divine purposes. See Acts 2:23 . What...
Numbers 16:45 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the story of perhaps the strangest and most fully organized opposition that Moses had to encounter. Two elements were at work. The first was ambition and the second was dissatisfaction....
Numbers 16:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The dying all around convinced Moses, that wrath was gone forth from the LORD.
Numbers 16:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Get you up from among this congregation ,.... That is, withdraw from them, and be separate, that they might not be involved in the same destruction with them, as well as that they might have no conc...
Numbers 16:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They fell upon their faces To beg mercy for the people; thus rendering good for evil. Put on incense Which was a sign of intercession, and was to be accompanied with it. Go unto the congregation...
Numbers 16:45 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE REBELLION OF KORAH (vs.1-15) The rebellion of Korah and a large company with him is significant of a dreadful revulsion against Christ both as Lord and High Priest of His people, and the awes...
Numbers 16:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the L ORD . 42 And it came to pass, when t...
Numbers 16:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To beg pardon and mercy for the people, as they oft did; thus rendering good to them for evil, which the people requited with evil for their kindness.
Numbers 16:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Threat Against the People ( Numbers 16:44-45 ). But in fact the threat came from Yahweh. In a sense this whole interlude of the rebellion was an important one. The disillusionment of the...
Numbers 16:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the history of the rebellion of Korah and his company. The time and place of this event are not recorded. It is probable that it occurred in on...
Numbers 16:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 16:1 . Korah. One of the firstborn, a very old man, and grandson of Levi by his father Jahar. Dathan and Abiram were descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; these according to...
Numbers 16:45 - The Biblical Illustrator

On the morrow all the congregation. .. murmured. Transgression and intercession I. A new rebellion raised the very next day against Moses and Aaron. Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and wonde...
Numbers 16:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE PLAGUE BEGUN AND AVERTED ( Numbers 16:41-4 ). Numbers 16:41 Ye have killed the people of the Lord. They bad in truth forfeited their own lives, and Moses and A...
Numbers 16:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rebellion and the Punishment of the Congregation.
Numbers 16:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:16 ; Matthew 26:39 ; Numbers 16:21 ; Numbers 16:22 ; Numbers 16:24 ; Numbers 16:26 ; Numbers 20:6
Numbers 16:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They fell upon their faces — To beg mercy for the people; thus rendering Good for Evil.

Numbers 16:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 16:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 16:45 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 16:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 16:45 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 16:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 16:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 16:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 16:45 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 16:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 16:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 16:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 16:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes