In the wilderness of Paran. — See Note on Numbers 10:12. It appears from the 26th verse of the following chapter that the encampment was at Kadesh, which has been supposed by some to be identical with Rithniah (Numbers 33:18).
Verse Numbers 12:16. _THE WILDERNESS OF PARAN._] This could not be the same Paran with that mentioned Deuteronomy 1:1, for that was on the borders of the promised land, see the note on Deuteronomy 1:...
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...
AND PITCHED IN THE WILDERNESS OF PARAN— That all the people might be admonished of the sin of Miriam, they were not permitted to remove from _Hazeroth_ till her days of cleansing were fulfilled, when...
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 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)....
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 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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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....
THE SPIES SENT TO CANAAN Numbers 12:16; Numbers 13:1 By comparing the opening verses with Deuteronomy 1:19, it appears that the suggestion about the spies emanated from the people, and that their pro...
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 afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of (a) Paran. (a) That is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, (Numbers 33:18)....
Paran joined to the border of Canaan on the south. And from hence it was but a stage more, had Israel gone the direct road, to the promised land. Reader! our distance from the LORD is made greater, li...
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...
Numbers 12:16._And afterward the people departed from Hazeroth. _At first sight Moses appears to be at variance with himself: for he here states that he sent the spies at God’s command, whereas in Deu...
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 AFTERWARDS THE PEOPLE REMOVED FROM HAZEROTH,.... After seven days, where they had been so long at least; the cloud being returned to the tabernacle, and having been taken up, which was the signal...
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. Ver. 16. _Wilderness of Paran._] At a place called Rithmah, Num 33:18 and Kadeshbarnea. Numbers 13:3 _; _ Num 1...
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...
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the Wilderness of Paran, on the south border of Canaan. As Miriam was healed from her external leprosy, when she proved her change of hea...
Miriam's Leprosy Breaks out and is Healed...
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...
HAZEROTH, where _they abode_, as is said, NUMBERS 11:35, for Miriam's sake. IN THE WILDERNESS OF PARAN, i.e. in another part of the same wilderness, as may be gathered from NUMBERS 10:12: see also De
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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‘And afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.' The whole incident is a reminder that those who are truly servants of God should be honoured as such, and...
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...
1 Samuel 25:1; Deuteronomy 2:23; Genesis 21:21; Habakkuk 3:3; Num
Paran — That is, in another part of the same wilderness....