“ My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. ”
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...
My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful (d) in all mine house. (d) In all Israel which was his Church.
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...
My servant Moses. First occurrence. Occurs six times. See Numbers 12:7 ; Numbers 12:8 ; Joshua 1:2 ; Joshua 1:7 ; 2 Kings 21:8 . Mai. Numbers 4:4 . not so: i.e. much greater. Compare Numb...
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. Moses - is faithful - נאמן neeman, a prefect or superintendent. So Samuel is termed, 1 Samuel 2:35 ; 1 Samuel 3:20 ; David is so c...
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
My servant Moses... — Better, Not so ( in regard to ) my servant Moses; he is faithful. Reference is made to these words in Hebrews 3:5 : “And Moses verily was faithful in all his house,” i....
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...
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...
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...
What a beautiful observation hath the apostle made on this passage, by way of enhancing the dignity of our adorable Redeemer. Hebrews 3:1-6 .
My servant Moses [is] not so ,.... Or such a prophet; he is not so used; it was not in such a manner the Lord spake to him; not in visions and dreams, as he had to Abraham and Jacob, and did to othe...
My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in all mine house. Ver. 7. My servant Moses is not so. ] God had never so much magnified Moses to them, but for their envy. We cannot devise to plea...
My servant Moses is not so He is a prophet of a higher rank. To him I impart my mind in a far more noble and clear way. Who is faithful in all my house God had set him over all Israel, who were...
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...
4 And the L ORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the L ORD came down i...
i.e. Whom I have set over all my house, i.e. my church and people, and therefore over you, and who hath discharged his office faithfully, and not partially and selfseekingly, as you falsely accuse hi...
“ My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even openly (manifestly), and not in dark speeches, and the form of Yahweh shall he behold. Why t...
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 12:1 . 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...
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 sh...
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...
The Sin of Miriam and Aaron
1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Peter 2:4 ; 1 Peter 2:5 ; 1 Timothy 3:15 ; Acts 3:22 ; Acts 3:23 ; Acts 7:31 ; Deuteronomy 18:18 ; Hebrews 3:2-6 ; Matthew 11:11 ; Matthew 11:9 ; Psalms 105:26
In all my house — That is, whom I have set over all my house, my church and people, and therefore over you; and who hath discharged his office faithfully, and not partially as you falsely accuse hi...