Numbers 8:13

8:13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron ¹  and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.

Numbers 14:5

14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground ²  before the whole assembled community ³  of the Israelites.

Numbers 27:19

27:19 set him ⁴  before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission ⁵  him publicly. ⁶ 

¹ tc The Greek text adds the Lord here: “before the Lord, before Aaron.”

² 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.

³ tn Heb “before all the assembly of the congregation.”

³ tn This could be translated “position him,” or “have him stand,” since it is the causative stem of the verb “to stand.”

⁴ tn The verb is the Piel perfect of צִוָּה (tsivvah, literally “to command”). The verb has a wide range of meanings, and so here in this context the idea of instructing gives way to a more general sense of commissioning for duty. The verb in sequence is equal to the imperfect of instruction.

⁵ tn Heb “in their eyes.”