Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Numbers 12:6
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 (c) vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.
(c) These were the two ordinary means.
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 (c) vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.
(c) These were the two ordinary means.
Verse Numbers 12:6. _IF THERE BE A PROPHET_] We see here the different ways in which God usually made himself known to the prophets, viz., by _visions _- emblematic appearances, and by _dreams_, in w...
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...
HE: i.e. Jehovah. SAID. See note on Numbers 3:40. IF THERE BE. should there be; i.e. when ye have your prophet. MAKE MYSELF KNOWN. This also essential to. prophet. Compare Numbers 11:29....
IF THERE BE A PROPHET AMONG YOU— It is very plain, that the design of the Lord in this speech is to shew the evident superiority of Moses, as a prophet, over Aaron and Miriam. They boasted, Numbers 12...
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 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 degre...
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
IF THERE BE A PROPHET... — Better, _If there be to_ (or, _among_) ycu _a prophet of Jehovah, I will make myself known unto him in a vision, and speak unto him._ The LXX. and Vulgate connect the word “...
וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁמְעוּ ־נָ֣א דְבָרָ֑י אִם ־יִֽה
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...
_Vision. Other prophets were inspired in a more mysterious manner: Moses, though he saw not the majesty of God in any corporeal figure, was instructed by him in the most secret things with the utmost...
Probably it was by dreams when his servants were sleeping, and by visions when they were waking, that the LORD revealed himself to the patriarchs and prophets in those early ages. But how much happier...
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...
6._If there be a prophet among you. _He makes mention of two methods by which the will of God was wont to be revealed to the prophets, viz., visions and dreams. He does not, however, here use the word...
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 HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS,.... The Targum of Jonathan reads, "I beseech you"; and Jarchi says, this particle always so signifies; but it is not so agreeable to the language of the divine Being:...
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. Ver. 6. _In a vision._] To those awake...
Num. 12:6, 7, 8. "If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make known myself to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream: my servant Moses is not so; with him will I speak apparently,...
_If there be a prophet among you_ If you be prophets, yet know there is a difference among prophets, nor do I put equal honour upon all of them. _In a vision_ To some the divine will was communicated...
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...
THE SIN OF MIRIAM AND AARON...
And He said, Hear now My words: If there be a prophet among you, any ordinary person endued with prophetic gifts in some form, as was the case with Miriam, I, THE LORD, WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM...
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...
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...
If you be prophets, as you pretend, yet know there is a difference among prophets, nor do I put equal authority and honour upon all of them. By a vision God represents things to the mind of a prophet...
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 12:6 said H559 (H8799) Hear H8085 (H8798) words H1697 prophet H5030 LORD H3068 known H3045 ...
‘And he said, “Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.' Firstly He confirmed what a prophet was. He w...
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...
_The Lord came down._ GOD’S VINDICATION OF MOSES There are several circumstances of the Lord’s proceedings laid down in the text. 1. As, first, His speed. By and by the Lord called them; so showing...
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 12:6 Unlike with ordinary prophets, who receive their revelations in VISION and DREAM, God speaks to Moses MOUTH TO MOUTH. This implies verbal communication.
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 Kings 3:5; Acts 10:11; Acts 10:17; Acts 22:17; Acts 22:18;...
Among you — if you be prophets, yet know there is a difference among prophets, nor do I put equal honour upon all of them....