Insert rows using a variable

When you insert rows in excel you need to tell excel which row you can't just do
Rows.Insert Shift:= xlDown
so i made a variable called linenumber which keeps track of the row number but then i can't seem to make it insert a row by reffering to the variable

eg

Rows(linenumber).insert shift:= xldown

could someone help.plz

Actually you can just insert a row by "Rows.Insert Shift:= xlDown" but this will just insert the row wherever the cursor happens to be at the moment !

What you need is to tell Excel where you won't to insert the row aswell

VB Code:

dim ARow as string 
 
ARow  = "6"              ' Row Number here 
Rows(ARow).Select    ' Select the Row 
Rows.Insert Shift:= xlDown   ' Insert the Row

is there someway to insert a row where the the active cell is?