Numberi 16:22

22 Maar zij vielen op hun aangezichten, en zeiden: O God! God der geesten van alle vlees! een enig man zal gezondigd hebben, en zult Gij U over deze ganse vergadering grotelijks vertoornen?

Numberi 16:22 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:22

And they fell upon their faces
That is, Moses and Aaron, in order to deprecate the wrath of God, and beseech him to avert the threatened judgment; and so the Targum of Jonathan has it,

``they bowed themselves in prayer upon their faces;''

and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh;
the Maker of all men, as of their bodies, which are flesh, so of their souls or spirits, which are immaterial and immortal; hence he is called "the Father of spirits", ( Hebrews 12:9 ) , who, as the Targum, puts the spirit in the bodies of men; or, as others, who knows the spirits of men; their thoughts, as Jarchi, the inward frames and dispositions of their minds; who knows who have sinned, and who not; and whether their sins proceed from weakness, and being misled, or whether from a malevolent disposition, presumption, and self-will: shall one man sin:
meaning Korah, who was the ringleader: and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
who, through ignorance and weakness, and by artifice and imposition, are drawn in to join with him; the plea is much the same with that of Abraham, ( Genesis 18:25 ) .

Numberi 16:22 In-Context

20 En de HEERE sprak tot Mozes en tot Aaron, zeggende:

21 Scheidt u af uit het midden van deze vergadering, en Ik zal hen als in een ogenblik verteren!

22 Maar zij vielen op hun aangezichten, en zeiden: O God! God der geesten van alle vlees! een enig man zal gezondigd hebben, en zult Gij U over deze ganse vergadering grotelijks vertoornen?

23 En de HEERE sprak tot Mozes, zeggende:

24 Spreek tot deze vergadering, zeggende: Gaat op van rondom de woning van Korach, Dathan en Abiram.