Numbers 12:6-8

Listen to Numbers 12:6-8
6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him 1in a vision; I speak with him 2in a dream.
7 Not so with 3my servant Moses. 4He is faithful in all my house.
8 With him I speak 5mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in 6riddles, and he beholds 7the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ”

Numbers 12:6-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER 12

In this chapter we have an account of Aaron and Miriam speaking against Moses, and for what reason, whose amiable character is given, Nu 12:1-3; and of the Lord's calling them to him, and rebuking them for it, giving an excellent testimony to Moses, and then departing in anger, Nu 12:4-9; and of Miriam's being smitten with leprosy, and Aaron's entreating Moses on his and her account, who prayed to the Lord to heal her, Nu 12:10-13; and of her being ordered to be shut out of the camp seven days, during which time the Israelites stayed at Hazeroth, and then removed to the wilderness of Paran, Nu 12:14-16.

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Cross References 7

  • 1. 12:6 Gen. 46:2; Ezek. 1:1; Dan. 8:2; 10:8, 16; Luke 1:11, 22; Acts 10:11; 22:17, 18
  • 2. 12:6 Gen. 20:6; 31:10, 11; 1 Kgs. 3:5; Job 33:15; Matt. 1:20; 27:19
  • 3. 12:7 Ps. 105:26
  • 4. 12:7 Heb. 3:2, 5
  • 5. 12:8 ch. 7:89; [Ex. 33:11; Deut. 34:10; 1 Cor. 13:12]
  • 6. 12:8 Ps. 49:4; 78:2; Prov. 1:6
  • 7. 12:8 [Ex. 33:20, 23]
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