Numbers 14:5 (ASV)

Passage

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:3 And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Numbers 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

Numbers 14:7 and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "aaron", "fell", "faces", "before", "assembly", "congregation", and "children". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "aaron", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And they said one to another Let..." into verse 6's "And Joshua the son of Nun and...", so "moses" and "aaron" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "moses" and "aaron" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.