Numbers 12:7

7 But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.

Numbers 12:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
ESV
7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.
NLT
7 But not with my servant Moses. Of all my house, he is the one I trust.
MSG
7 But I don't do it that way with my servant Moses; he has the run of my entire house;
CSB
7 Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household.

Numbers 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 12:7

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 others in later times:

who [is] faithful in all mine house;
in the house of Israel, or among that people which were the Lord's family, where Moses was a servant and steward, and did all things according to the will of the Lord, the master of the family; he faithfully delivered to them all the laws, statutes, and ordinances, which he appointed to be observed by them: unless this is to be understood of the tabernacle, which was the house of God, in which he dwelt, and which was made, and all things in it, exactly according to the pattern given by the Lord to Moses: see ( Hebrews 3:2 Hebrews 3:5 ) ( 8:5 ) .

Numbers 12:7 In-Context

5 Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward,
6 he said, “Listen to my words: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.
8 With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
9 The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 34:5; Joshua 1:1-2; Psalms 105:26
  • 2. Hebrews 3:2,5
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