King James Version
Numbers 16:43 in the King James Version says “And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Numbers 16:43 · KJV
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
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