They fell upon their faces – <\/B>In intercession for the people; compare Num 16:22<\/span>; Num 14:5<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n 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. <\/P> <\/p>\n Get you up from among this congregation<\/strong>,…. 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 concern for them, or plead with the Lord in prayer on their account, but let him alone to destroy them, as follows:<\/p>\n that I may consume them in a moment<\/strong>; as he was able to do, and had proposed to do it before, but they entreated him that he would not,<\/p>\n Nu 16:21<\/span>; as they again do:<\/p>\n and they fell upon their faces<\/strong>; in prayer, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; and so Aben Ezra observes, it was to pray to deprecate the wrath of God, and to implore his pardoning mercy for this sinful people; which shows what an excellent temper and disposition these men were of, to pray for them that had so despitefully used them as to charge them with murder, and were about to commit it on them; see Mt 5:44<\/span>.<\/p>\n 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 defers His vengeance against the wicked, until these people are set apart, and placed in safety. For tie declares that, as soon as Moses and Aaron have secured themselves, all the rest shall perish in a moment. But incredible was the kindness of both of them, thus humbly to intercede for so ungrateful a people, who deserved to die a hundred times over; for, forgetful of their own lives, which they saw to be imperiled, they were ready to make atonement for the guilt, so as to rescue from death those abandoned wretches who were plotting their destruction. I do not, however, understand this, “Get you up,” merely with reference to place, for they were already separated, having taken refuge in the tabernacle; but it is just as if God had commanded them to sever themselves from the people, and, quitting them altogether, and casting away all care for the public welfare, to provide for their own private safety. <\/p>\n 45<\/strong>. <\/strong> They fell upon their faces <\/strong> This was an act of heroic self-sacrifice equal to any in history. Only yesterday, after a similar command to the people to stand aloof from the tents of the chief rebels lest they perish with them, the yawning earth devoured the guilty. But now, in the face of a similar order, Moses and Aaron remain among the doomed people, in the attitude of most earnest intercession, determined to avert consuming wrath or perish in the attempt.<\/p>\n Get you up: Num 16:21, Num 16:24, Num 16:26 <\/p>\n And they: Num 16:22, Num 20:6, 1Ch 21:16, Mat 26:39 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 17:3 – General Gen 17:17 – fell Gen 19:14 – Up Exo 32:10 – let me alone Exo 33:3 – lest I Exo 33:5 – Ye are Num 11:2 – the fire Num 14:5 – General Num 16:4 – General Jos 5:14 – fell on his Jos 7:6 – fell Ezr 9:14 – wouldest not thou Jer 4:20 – in Eze 9:8 – that I Eze 20:13 – I said Act 9:4 – he fell 1Co 15:52 – a moment 2Co 6:17 – come<\/p>\n Num 16:45-46. 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 He went with the incense to stir up the people to repentance and prayer, to prevent their utter ruin. This he might do upon this extraordinary occasion, having Gods command for his warrant, though ordinarily incense was to be offered only in the tabernacle.<\/p>\n Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. They fell upon their faces – In intercession for the people; compare Num 16:22; Num 14:5. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible To beg pardon and mercy for the people, as they … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 16:45”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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