Numeri 12:2

2 E dissero: Ha veramente il Signore parlato sol per Mosè? non ha egli eziandio parlato per noi? E il Signore udì queste parole.

Numeri 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 12:2

And they said, hath the Lord, indeed spoken only by Moses?
&c.] 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 prophets as well as he? the Lord spake to Aaron while he was in Egypt, and had made him a good spokesman in his name, and bore this testimony of him, that he could speak well, and Miriam is expressly called a prophetess, ( Exodus 4:14 Exodus 4:27 ) ( Exodus 15:20 ) ; and this being the case, they stomached it that they should have no concern in the choice and appointment of the seventy elders:

and the Lord heard [it];
for perhaps this was said secretly between themselves; but God, that sees, and hears, and knows all things, took notice of what was spoken by them, and resented it; for it was ultimately against himself, who had ordered Moses to do what he did.

Numeri 12:2 In-Context

1 OR Maria ed Aaronne parlarono contro a Mosè, per cagion della moglie Cusita ch’egli avea presa; perciocchè egli avea presa una moglie Cusita.

2 E dissero: Ha veramente il Signore parlato sol per Mosè? non ha egli eziandio parlato per noi? E il Signore udì queste parole.

3 Or quell’uomo Mosè era molto mansueto, più che altro uomo che fosse in su la terra.

4 E il Signore disse in quello stante a Mosè, e ad Aaronne, e a Maria: Uscite tutti e tre, e venite al Tabernacolo della convenenza. Ed essi uscirono tutti e tre.

5 E il Signore scese nella colonna della nuvola, e si fermò all’entrata del Tabernacolo; e chiamò Aaronne e Maria. E amendue andarono là.