4And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
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Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
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.
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here is, I. An account of the rebels, who and what they were, not, as formerly, the mixed multitude and the dregs of the people, who are therefore never named, but men of distinction and quality, that made a figure. Korah was the ring-leader: he formed and headed the faction; therefore it is called the gainsaying of Korah , Jude 1:11. He was cousin-german to Moses, they were brothers’ children, ye…
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