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 did upon a like occasion, 1 Samuel 20:34. So though God healed her according to Moses's request, yet he would have her publickly bear the shame of her sin, and be a warning to others to keep them from the same transgression.
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
_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._...
12:14 shut (a-25) Or 'shut up.'...
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...
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....
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
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...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה וְ אָבִ֨יהָ֙
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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]....
_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...
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...
Miriam's Leprosy Breaks out and is Healed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Numbers 12:14 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 father H1 but H3417 (H8800) spit H3417 ...
‘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.”...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION THE SEDITION AND PUNISHMENT OF MIRIAM (Numbers 12:1.). NUMBERS 12:1 AND MIRIAM AND AARON SPAKE AGAINST MOSES. While the people w
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...
2 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Chronicles 26:21; Deuteronomy 25:9; Hebrews 12:9;...