Números 12:2

2 “Será que o SENHOR tem falado apenas por meio de Moisés?”, perguntaram. “Também não tem ele falado por meio de nós?” E o SENHOR ouviu isso.

Números 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.

Números 12:2 In-Context

1 Miriã e Arão começaram a criticar Moisés porque ele havia se casado com uma mulher etíope.

2 “Será que o SENHOR tem falado apenas por meio de Moisés?”, perguntaram. “Também não tem ele falado por meio de nós?” E o SENHOR ouviu isso.

3 Ora, Moisés era um homem muito paciente, mais do que qualquer outro que havia na terra.

4 Imediatamente o SENHOR disse a Moisés, a Arão e a Miriã: “Dirijam-se à Tenda do Encontro, vocês três”. E os três foram para lá.

5 Então o SENHOR desceu numa coluna de nuvem e, pondo-se à entrada da Tenda, chamou Arão e Miriã. Os dois vieram à frente,