Numbers 16:45

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

Cross-references

Numbers 16:21 contains the same command to separate — God repeats His instruction for Moses and Aaron to step away so He can destroy the rebels.

Numbers 16:4 Historical context

Numbers 16:4 is the same incident: Moses falls on his face upon hearing Korah's rebellion, just before this verse.

Numbers 16:22 records Moses and Aaron's plea not to punish the whole congregation for one man's sin — a parallel intercession to the atonement that follows here.

Numbers 16:26 has Moses warning the people to leave the rebels' tents; here God tells Moses and Aaron to leave the congregation — similar instructions to avoid destruction.

Numbers 16:24 Related theme

Numbers 16:24 commands the people to separate from the rebels' tents; here God tells Moses and Aaron to leave the whole congregation — both involve withdrawal from judgment.

Numbers 14:5 records the same act of falling on faces in response to rebellion, mirroring this intercession.

Numbers 20:6 shows Moses and Aaron falling on their faces at the tent when the people complain — similar posture of intercession before the Lord's glory.

Numbers 11:2 shows Moses praying to quench God's fire; here Moses falls on his face to intercede before destruction.

Exodus 32:10 shows God threatening to consume Israel for the golden calf, paralleling this threat; both times Moses intercedes.

Ezekiel 9:8 Parallel

In Ezekiel 9:8, Ezekiel falls on his face interceding as judgment falls, mirroring Moses' posture here during the plague.

Exodus 33:3 Related theme

Exodus 33:3 warns that God's presence would consume the stiff-necked people, echoing the same concern as here.

Joshua 7:6 Parallel

Joshua 7:6 shows Joshua falling on his face after defeat, echoing the posture of intercession for communal sin.

Genesis 19:14 Related theme

Genesis 19:14 has Lot warning his sons-in-law to flee Sodom before its destruction — a parallel theme of separating from a place under judgment.

1 Chronicles 21:16 Related theme

1 Chronicles 21:16 has David and the elders falling on their faces before the destroying angel — a parallel scene of humility before divine judgment.