Numbers 1:17

1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,

Numbers 4:34

Summary

4:34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

Numbers 14:5

14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground ¹  before the whole assembled community ²  of the Israelites.

Numbers 16:43

16:43 Then Moses and Aaron stood before the tent of meeting.

Numbers 33:1

Wanderings from Egypt to Sinai

33:1 ³ These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority ⁴  of Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 33:39

33:39 Now Aaron was 123 years old when he died in Mount Hor.

¹ sn This action of Moses and Aaron is typical of them in the wilderness with the Israelites. The act shows self-abasement and deference before the sovereign Lord. They are not bowing before the people here, but in front of the people they bow before God. According to Num 17:6-15 this prostration is for the purpose of intercessory prayer. Here it prevents immediate wrath from God.

² tn Heb “before all the assembly of the congregation.”

¹ sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).

² tn Heb “hand.”