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Verse Numbers 12:3. _NOW THE MAN MOSES_ WAS _VERY MEEK_] How could
Moses, who certainly was as _humble_ and _modest_ as he was meek,
write this encomium upon himself? I think the word is not rightly...
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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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MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.
VERY MEEK. patient. First occurrence. Hebrew. _'anah =_ to endure with
submission what might be evaded: in contrast with Hebrew. _'ani =_ to
bear what cannot be avoided....
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NOW THE MAN MOSES WAS VERY MEEK, &C.— It has been supposed by many,
that this passage was not written by Moses, but inserted by some other
hand in after-times. The reason, however, urged for this supp...
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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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_(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;...
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12:3 meek, (f-7) Or 'lowly,' 'humble.'...
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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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Moses made no retort to the criticism, thus exhibiting true greatness.
6-8. The superior favour shown here to Moses consists (1) in the
direct manner in which God reveals His will to him, and (2) in...
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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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NOW THE MAN MOSES WAS VERY MEEK... — These words have been urged by
some as an argument against the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch
generally, or of the Book of Numbers in particular, but whether...
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וְ הָ אִ֥ישׁ מֹשֶׁ֖ה _עָנָ֣יו_† מְאֹ֑ד
מִ...
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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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(Now the man Moses [was] very (b) meek, above all the men which [were]
upon the face of the earth.)
(b) And so endured their grudging, although he knew of them....
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Exceeding meek. Moses being the meekest of men, would not contend for
himself; therefore God inspired him to write here in his own defence:
and the Holy Spirit, whose dictate he wrote, obliged him to...
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This is a precious testimony which the HOLY GHOST gives of Moses. But
Reader, do not forget that however eminent, in the general, Moses was
for meekness, yet there were times when it forsook him. See...
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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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3._Now the man Moses was very meek. _This parenthesis is inserted, in
order that we might perceive that God was not moved by any complaint
of Moses, to be so greatly wroth with Aaron and Miriam. It is...
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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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NOW THE MAN MOSES [WAS] VERY MEEK,.... So that they might say anything
against him, and he not be affronted, nor resent any injury; and this
therefore is introduced as a reason why the Lord undertook...
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Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men
which [were] upon the face of the earth.)
Ver. 3. _Now the man Moses was very meek._] So free from passions, if
Josephus may be beli...
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_The man Moses was very meek_ This is added as the reason why Moses
took no notice of their reproach, and why God did so severely plead
his cause. Thus was he fitted for the work he was called to, whi...
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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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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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1-9 The patience of Moses was tried in his own family, as well as by
the people. The pretence was, that he had married a foreign wife; but
probably their pride was hurt, and their envy stirred up, by...
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This is added as the reason why Moses took no notice of their
reproach, but was one that heard it not, and why God did so speedily
and severely plead Moses's cause, because he did not avenge himself....
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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 12:3 man H376 Moses H4872 very H3966 humble H6035 (H8675)
H6035 men H120 face H6440 earth...
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‘Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men that were on
the face of the earth.'
Moses himself was not like that, says the writer. He probably did not
defend himself. Nor did he go to Yahweh...
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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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_The man Moses was very meek._
THE GRACE OF MEEKNESS
How beautiful a grace is meekness! It may be somewhat difficult to
define; but whenever we see we cannot fail to know and to feel its
gentle and w...
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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 12:3 The Hebrew term translated MEEK is more
often rendered as “humble” or “poor.”
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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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1 Peter 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Corinthians
11:5;...
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Meek — This is added as the reason why Moses took no notice of their
reproach, and why God did so severely plead his cause. Thus was he
fitted for the work he was called to, which required all the mee...
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How can this statement have been written by Moses?
PROBLEM: Numbers 12:3 says, “Now the man Moses was very humble, more
than all men who were on the face of the earth.” The conservative
view of the P...