Numbers 12:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. ”

Numbers 12:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Miriam, as a prophetess (compare Exodus 15:20-21 ) 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 hea...
Numbers 12:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 12:1-16 (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 co...
Numbers 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hath... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Numbers 12:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? They pride themselves on their gift of prophecy, which ought rather to have schooled them to humility. But such is the natural de...
Numbers 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it . Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? - It is certain that both Aaron and Miriam...
Numbers 12:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? &c.— As both Aaron and Miriam had been favoured by communications from God, and the gifts of his Spirit; ( Exodus 4:14-15 ; Exodus 15:...
Numbers 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. Hath the Lord ... not spoken also by us? The prophetic name and character was b...
Numbers 12:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 32:22-25 ). The controversy arose...
Numbers 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses ? — There is probably a reference in these words to the facts related in Exodus 4:10-16 , where Moses speaks of his own slowness of speech ( Numbers 12:10...
Numbers 12:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON Numbers 12:1-16 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...
Numbers 12:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Protects Moses against Criticism Numbers 12:1-15 This Ethiopian wife may have been Zipporah, or some other woman whom Moses married after his first wife's death. That Moses, the great lawgi...
Numbers 12:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 hea...
Numbers 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! remark though Moses is not said to have heard or answered their accusations, the LORD heard it. Was not Moses here a type of the ever blessed JESUS, of whom it was said of him in the days of...
Numbers 12:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE LISTENING GOD ‘And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses … And the Lord heard it.’ Numbers 12:1-2 We have the ostensible cause of this ‘speaking against Moses’ in the first verse, the...
Numbers 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said, hath the Lord, indeed spoken only by Moses ?.... They own he had spoken by him; this was so notorious that it could not be denied: hath he not spoken also by us ? are we not prophet...
Numbers 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard [it]. Ver. 2. Hath the Lord spoken only by Moses. ] Every man would be something at ho...
Numbers 12:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

By us Are not we prophets as well as he? So Aaron was made, ( Exodus 4:15-16 ,) and so Miriam is called, Exodus 15:20 . And Moses hath debased and mixed the holy seed, which we have not done. Why...
Numbers 12:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 Mir...
Numbers 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron. B. C. 1490. 1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses be...
Numbers 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Are not we prophets as well as he? so Aaron was made, Exodus 4:15,16 , and so Miriam is called, Exodus 15:20 . See also Micah 6:4 . And Moses hath debased and mixed the holy seed, which we h...
Numbers 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Numbers 12:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 af...
Numbers 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses. Miriam and Aaron’s sedition 1. The noblest disinterestedness will not preserve us from the shafts of envy. The poet has said, in regard to another virtue,...
Numbers 12:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE SEDITION AND PUNISHMENT OF MIRIAM ( Numbers 12:1-4 .). Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses. While the people were encamped at Hazeroth (see...
Numbers 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sin of Miriam and Aaron
Numbers 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; 2 Kings 19:4 ; 2 Samuel 11:27 ; Exodus 15:20 ; Exodus 15:21 ; Exodus 4:30 ; Exodus 5:1 ; Exodus 7:10 ; Ezekiel 35:12 ; Ezekiel 35:13 ; Genesis 29:33 ; Isaiah 37:4 ; Micah 6...
Numbers 12:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By us — Are not we prophets as well as he? so Aaron was made, Exodus 4:15-16 , and so Miriam is called, Exodus 15:20 . And Moses hath debased and mixed the holy seed, which we have not done. Why...

Numbers 12:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 12:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 12:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 12:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 12:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 12:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes