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Numbers 12:1-2 KJV
Numbers · chapter 12 · verses 1–2
1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.Numbers 12:1-2 · King James Version
Numbers 12:1-2 in context
1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
3(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
4And the LORD 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EthiopianKûwshîytha Cushite womanH3571 →
- marriedlâqachto takeH3947 →
- MiriamMiryâmMirjam, the name of two IsraelitessesH4813 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. The unbecoming passion of Aaron and Miriam: they spoke against Moses, Num 12:1. If Moses, that received so much honour from God, yet received so many slights and affronts from men, shall any of us think such trials either strange or hard, and be either provoked or discouraged by them? But who would have…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3