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Verse Numbers 12:14. _IF HER FATHER HAD BUT SPIT IN HER FACE_] This
appears to have been done only in cases of great provocation on the
part of the child, and strong irritation on the side of the par...
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Miriam, as a prophetess (compare Exodus 15:20) no less than as the
sister of Moses and Aaron, took the first rank among the women of
Israel; and Aaron may be regarded as the ecclesiastical head of the...
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3. THE REBELLION OF MIRIAM AND AARON
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses (Numbers 12:1)_
2. The interference of the Lord (Numbers 12:4)
3. Miriam leprous (Numbers 12:10)
4. Aar
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NUMBERS 12:1 (JE). MIRIAM'S AND AARON'S JEALOUSY OF MOSES, AND
YAHWEH'S VINDICATION OF HIM. The challenge of Moses-' prerogative to
be Yahweh's sole spokesman is strangely combined with a complaint
re...
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IF HER FATHER HAD BUT SPIT IN HER FACE, &C.— That is to say, "If she
had, by some undutiful behaviour, provoked her father to be angry with
her, and to spit in her face, as an indication of that anger...
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F. FOOLISH CONDUCT OF MIRIAM AND AARON AND RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
(NUMBERS 12)
TEXT
Numbers 12:1. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for h...
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12:14 shut (a-25) Or 'shut up.'...
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THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON
In this scene Miriam is the chief actor: the punishment falls on her
alone. Aaron seems to have been led away by her (cp. Exodus 32:22).
The controversy arose in conne...
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The prayer is heard, but Miriam is obliged to submit to the customary
seclusion and purification, in order that the people may know of her
sin and punishment, and take warning....
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 12
MIRIAM AND AARON ARE JEALOUS OF MOSES – NUMBERS 12:1-16
V1 Moses’ wife was a woman from Cush (a place in
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IF HER FATHER HAD BUT SPIT IN HER FACE. — Or, _in her presence._
Spitting in the presence of any one, much more spitting in the face of
any one, is regarded in the East as an indication of the utmost...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה וְ
אָבִ֨יהָ֙
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THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON
Numbers 12:1
IT may be confidently said that no representative writer of the
post-exilic age would have invented or even cared to revive the
episode of this chapter....
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GOD PROTECTS MOSES AGAINST CRITICISM
Numbers 12:1
This Ethiopian wife may have been Zipporah, or some other woman whom
Moses married after his first wife's death. That Moses, the great
lawgiver and l...
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A third manifestation of discontent and rebellion arose among
individuals and leaders. The marriage of Moses to a Cushite woman was
the occasion of the revelation of an element of jealousy in the hear...
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And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but (h) 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 [aga...
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Answered him. The force of this reply must be very obvious. If a
father had been so irritated by his daughter, as to shew his
indignation in the strongest manner, (see Job xxx. 10.; Mark xiv. 65,)
she...
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Though GOD pardons iniquity, yet our backslidings shall correct
Jeremiah 2:19. And it is a blessed and true token of repentance, when
we accept the punishment of our iniquity. Leviticus 26:40....
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The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has
evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise.
It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
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After that (for what form will not rebellion assume?) Miriam and Aaron
speak against Moses. It is the prophetess and the priest (one who has
the word from God and access to God, the twofold character...
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AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... By a voice out of the cloud, though
at a distance; unless it was by a secret impulse upon his spirit,
darting such words into his mind as if he heard an audible voice...
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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]....
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_If her father had but spit in her face_ That is, had expressed some
eminent token of indignation and contempt, in consequence of her
having provoked him to anger by some undutiful behaviour. See Job...
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1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron.
10 Miriams leprosie is healed at the prayer of Moses.
14 God commandeth her to be shut out of the hoste.
[MIRIAM LEPROUS.]
1 AND Miriam and Aaron s...
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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. T...
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Miriam's Leprosy Breaks out and is Healed...
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MIRIAM AND AARON BECOME CRITICS
(vs.1-16)
Soon after God's dealing so seriously with Israel's complaints, both
Miriam and Aaron are infected with a similar spirit of murmuring. It
was plainly Miriam...
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10-16 The cloud departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God goes,
evil comes: expect no good when God departs. Her foul tongue, as
Bishop Hall says, was justly punished with a foul face. Aaron, as...
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SPIT IN HER FACE, i.e. expressed some eminent token of indignation and
contempt, which this was, JOB 30:10 ISAIAH 1:6. SHOULD SHE NOT BE
ASHAMED, and withdraw herself from her father's presence? as Jo...
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The brief section of our book to which we now approach may be viewed
in two distinct aspects; in the first place, it is typical or
dispensational; and, in the second, moral or practical.
In the union...
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Numbers 12:14 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 father H1 but
H3417 (H8800) spit H3417 ...
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‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up without
the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.”...
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CONTENTS: Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron and the consequences.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Miriam.
CONCLUSION: We have reason to be exceedingly cautious of saying or
doing anything against the ser...
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Numbers 12:1. _The Ethiopian woman;_ that is, the Cushite, the
daughter of Jethro. Miriam and Aaron seem to have been offended
because Moses had honourably received her as his wife. But Josephus
affir...
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_Miriam became leprous._
THE PUNISHMENT OF MIRIAM AND AARON
I. The divine judgment because of the sin of Miriam and Aaron.
1. The punishment was inflicted by the Lord.
2. The punishment was approp...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 12:1 Moses’ brother Aaron, the high
priest, and his sister Miriam, a prophetess (Exodus 15:20), challenge
his unique position. Their initial remarks, concerning Moses’
Cushite...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 12:13 As final proof of Moses’ special
status before the Lord, his prayer for his sister’s healing is
immediately answered. But she must BE SHUT OUTSIDE THE CAMP SEVEN DAYS
bef...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 12:1. _The Ethiopian woman_, &c. Heb.: “The woman, the
Cushite.” This could not have been Zipporah, who was a Midianite,
not a Cushite. And even if it be suppose...
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EXPOSITION
THE SEDITION AND PUNISHMENT OF MIRIAM (Numbers 12:1.).
NUMBERS 12:1
AND MIRIAM AND AARON SPAKE AGAINST MOSES. While the people w
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Now in chapter twelve, Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron began to
murmur against Moses. He had taken an Ethiopian wife, which means that
she was probably black-skinned. And they began to find faul...
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2 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Chronicles 26:21; Deuteronomy 25:9; Hebrews
12:9;...
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Spit in her face — That is, expressed some eminent token of
indignation and contempt, which was this, Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6.
Ashamed — And withdraw herself, from her father's presence, as
Jonathan di...