Numbers 14:5

Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground ¹  before the whole assembled community ²  of the Israelites.

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

¹ sn This action of Moses and Aaron is typical of them in the wilderness with the Israelites. The act shows self-abasement and deference before the sovereign Lord. They are not bowing before the people here, but in front of the people they bow before God. According to Num 17:6-15 this prostration is for the purpose of intercessory prayer. Here it prevents immediate wrath from God.

² tn Heb “before all the assembly of the congregation.”