Numbers 14:5
“Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.”
And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
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Related Verses
“And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:”
“Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.”
“And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.”
“And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.”
“And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.”