_AND MIRIAM AND AARON SPAKE AGAINST MOSES BECAUSE OF THE ETHIOPIAN WOMAN WHOM HE HAD MARRIED: FOR HE HAD MARRIED AN ETHIOPIAN WOMAN._ An Ethiopian woman, х_ HAA'ISHAAH_ (H802) _ HA-KUSHIYT_ (H3569)] - the Cushite woman. Arabia was usually called in Scripture the land of Cush-its inhabitants being d... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SAID, HATH THE LORD INDEED SPOKEN ONLY BY MOSES? HATH HE NOT SPOKEN ALSO BY US? AND THE LORD HEARD IT._ Hath the Lord ... not spoken also by us? The prophetic name and character was bestowed upon Aaron (Exodus 4:15), and Miriam (Exodus 15:20); and therefore they considered the conduct of... [ Continue Reading ]
_(NOW THE MAN MOSES WAS VERY MEEK, ABOVE ALL THE MEN WHICH WERE UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)_ The man Moses was very meek - (Exodus 14:13; Exodus 32:12; Numbers 14:13; Numbers 21:7; Deuteronomy 9:18.) This observation might have been made to account for Moses taking no notice of their angry reproac... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE SUDDENLY UNTO MOSES, AND UNTO AARON, AND UNTO MIRIAM, COME OUT YE THREE UNTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. AND THEY THREE CAME OUT._ The Lord spake suddenly. The divine interposition was made thus openly and immediately, in order to suppress the sedition, and prevent its s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD CAME DOWN IN THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD, AND STOOD IN THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE, AND CALLED AARON AND MIRIAM: AND THEY BOTH CAME FORTH._ Stood in the door of the tabernacle - without gaining admission, as was the usual privilege of Aaron, though it was denied to all other men and women.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS: IF THERE BE A PROPHET AMONG YOU, I THE LORD WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM IN A VISION, AND WILL SPEAK UNTO HIM IN A DREAM._ Hear now my words. A difference of degree is here distinctly expressed in the gifts and authority even of divinely-commissioned prophets Mos... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY SERVANT MOSES IS NOT SO, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN ALL MINE HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WITH HIM WILL I SPEAK MOUTH TO MOUTH, EVEN APPARENTLY, AND NOT IN DARK SPEECHES; AND THE SIMILITUDE OF THE LORD SHALL HE BEHOLD: WHEREFORE THEN WERE YE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK AGAINST MY SERVANT MOSES?_ Mouth to mouth. Immediately, not by an interpreter, nor by visionary symbols presented to his fancy... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST THEM; AND HE DEPARTED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CLOUD DEPARTED FROM OFF THE TABERNACLE; AND, BEHOLD, MIRIAM BECAME LEPROUS, WHITE AS SNOW: AND AARON LOOKED UPON MIRIAM, AND, BEHOLD, SHE WAS LEPROUS._ The cloud departed from off the tabernacle - i:e., from the door, to resume its permanent position over the mercy-seat. MIRIAM BECAME LE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AARON SAID UNTO MOSES, ALAS, MY LORD, I BESEECH THEE, LAY NOT THE SIN UPON US, WHEREIN WE HAVE DONE FOOLISHLY, AND WHEREIN WE HAVE SINNED._ On the humble and penitential submission of Aaron, Moses interceded for both the offenders, especially for Miriam, who was restored; not, however, until s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, IF HER FATHER HAD BUT SPIT IN HER FACE, SHOULD SHE NOT BE ASHAMED SEVEN DAYS? LET HER BE SHUT OUT FROM THE CAMP SEVEN DAYS, AND AFTER THAT LET HER BE RECEIVED IN AGAIN._ Her father had but spit in her face. The Jews, in common with all people in the East, seem to have... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MIRIAM WAS SHUT OUT FROM THE CAMP SEVEN DAYS: AND THE PEOPLE JOURNEYED NOT TILL MIRIAM WAS BROUGHT IN AGAIN._ The people journeyed not until Miriam was brought in again - either not to crush her by a sentence of overwhelming severity, or not to expose her, being a prophetess, to popular contem... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTERWARD THE PEOPLE REMOVED FROM HAZEROTH, AND PITCHED IN THE WILDERNESS OF PARAN._ Pitched in the wilderness of Paran. The station of encampment seems to have been Rithma (Numbers 33:19).... [ Continue Reading ]