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Numbers 16:43

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 16:43 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
Numbers 16:43 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
40to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.
41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.
42And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared.
43And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
44And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take they censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.] Whose tent was not far from it, about which the people of Israel were gathered; and from whence they came to the tabernacle, both for shelter and safety, and for advice and instruction how to behave in this crisis; they did not go into it, but stood before it; the Lord being in the cloud over it, they stood in the door of it, (<041650>Numbers 16:50); so the Targum of Jonathan, “and Moses and Aaron came from the congregation to the door of the tabernacle.””
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Moses and Aaron came - To hear what God, who now appeared, would say to them. Numbers 16:45”
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