Numbers 16:45 - Exposition

Get you up. הֵרֹמּוּ , from רָמַם . The command is substantially the same as that in Numbers 16:21 . Since it was not obeyed, we must conclude (as before) that it was not intended to be obeyed. They fell on their faces. In horror and dismay. No doubt they would have interceded (as in Numbers 16:22 ), but that Moses perceived through some Divine intimation that wrath had gone forth, and that some more prevailing form of mediation than mere words must be sought.