Numeri 12:2

2 E dissero: "L’Eterno ha egli parlato soltanto per mezzo di Mosè? non ha egli parlato anche per mezzo nostro?" E l’Eterno l’udì.

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 Maria ed Aaronne parlarono contro Mosè a cagione della moglie Cuscita che avea preso; poiché avea preso una moglie Cuscita.

2 E dissero: "L’Eterno ha egli parlato soltanto per mezzo di Mosè? non ha egli parlato anche per mezzo nostro?" E l’Eterno l’udì.

3 Or Mosè era un uomo molto mansueto, più d’ogni altro uomo sulla faccia della terra.

4 E l’Eterno disse a un tratto a Mosè, ad Aaronne e a Maria: "Uscite voi tre, e andate alla tenda di convegno". E uscirono tutti e tre.

5 E l’Eterno scese in una colonna di nuvola, si fermò all’ingresso della tenda, e chiamò Aaronne e Maria; ambedue si fecero avanti.