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Verse Numbers 12:6. _IF THERE BE A PROPHET_] We see here the
different ways in which God usually made himself known to the
prophets, viz., by _visions _- emblematic appearances, and by
_dreams_, in w...
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Miriam, as a prophetess (compare Exodus 15:20) no less than as the
sister of Moses and Aaron, took the first rank among the women of
Israel; and Aaron may be regarded as the ecclesiastical head of the...
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3. THE REBELLION OF MIRIAM AND AARON
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses (Numbers 12:1)_
2. The interference of the Lord (Numbers 12:4)
3. Miriam leprous (Numbers 12:10)
4. Aar
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NUMBERS 12:1 (JE). MIRIAM'S AND AARON'S JEALOUSY OF MOSES, AND
YAHWEH'S VINDICATION OF HIM. The challenge of Moses-' prerogative to
be Yahweh's sole spokesman is strangely combined with a complaint
re...
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HE: i.e. Jehovah.
SAID. See note on Numbers 3:40.
IF THERE BE. should there be; i.e. when ye have your prophet.
MAKE MYSELF KNOWN. This also essential to. prophet. Compare Numbers
11:29....
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IF THERE BE A PROPHET AMONG YOU— It is very plain, that the design
of the Lord in this speech is to shew the evident superiority of
Moses, as a prophet, over Aaron and Miriam. They boasted, Numbers 12...
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F. FOOLISH CONDUCT OF MIRIAM AND AARON AND RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
(NUMBERS 12)
TEXT
Numbers 12:1. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the
Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for h...
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_AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS: IF THERE BE A PROPHET AMONG YOU, I
THE LORD WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM IN A VISION, AND WILL SPEAK
UNTO HIM IN A DREAM._
Hear now my words. A difference of degre...
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THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON
In this scene Miriam is the chief actor: the punishment falls on her
alone. Aaron seems to have been led away by her (cp. Exodus 32:22).
The controversy arose in conne...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 12
MIRIAM AND AARON ARE JEALOUS OF MOSES – NUMBERS 12:1-16
V1 Moses’ wife was a woman from Cush (a place in
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IF THERE BE A PROPHET... — Better, _If there be to_ (or, _among_)
ycu _a prophet of Jehovah, I will make myself known unto him in a
vision, and speak unto him._ The LXX. and Vulgate connect the word
“...
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וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁמְעוּ ־נָ֣א דְבָרָ֑י
אִם ־יִֽה
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THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON
Numbers 12:1
IT may be confidently said that no representative writer of the
post-exilic age would have invented or even cared to revive the
episode of this chapter....
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GOD PROTECTS MOSES AGAINST CRITICISM
Numbers 12:1
This Ethiopian wife may have been Zipporah, or some other woman whom
Moses married after his first wife's death. That Moses, the great
lawgiver and l...
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A third manifestation of discontent and rebellion arose among
individuals and leaders. The marriage of Moses to a Cushite woman was
the occasion of the revelation of an element of jealousy in the hear...
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And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I]
the LORD will make myself known unto him in a (c) vision, [and] will
speak unto him in a dream.
(c) These were the two ordinary me...
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_Vision. Other prophets were inspired in a more mysterious manner:
Moses, though he saw not the majesty of God in any corporeal figure,
was instructed by him in the most secret things with the utmost...
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Probably it was by dreams when his servants were sleeping, and by
visions when they were waking, that the LORD revealed himself to the
patriarchs and prophets in those early ages. But how much happier...
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The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has
evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise.
It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
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6._If there be a prophet among you. _He makes mention of two methods
by which the will of God was wont to be revealed to the prophets,
viz., visions and dreams. He does not, however, here use the word...
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After that (for what form will not rebellion assume?) Miriam and Aaron
speak against Moses. It is the prophetess and the priest (one who has
the word from God and access to God, the twofold character...
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AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS,.... The Targum of Jonathan reads, "I
beseech you"; and Jarchi says, this particle always so signifies; but
it is not so agreeable to the language of the divine Being:...
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And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I]
the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak
unto him in a dream.
Ver. 6. _In a vision._] To those awake...
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Num. 12:6, 7, 8. "If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will
make known myself to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a
dream: my servant Moses is not so; with him will I speak apparently,...
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_If there be a prophet among you_ If you be prophets, yet know there
is a difference among prophets, nor do I put equal honour upon all of
them. _In a vision_ To some the divine will was communicated...
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1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron.
10 Miriams leprosie is healed at the prayer of Moses.
14 God commandeth her to be shut out of the hoste.
[MIRIAM LEPROUS.]
1 AND Miriam and Aaron s...
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And He said, Hear now My words: If there be a prophet among you, any
ordinary person endued with prophetic gifts in some form, as was the
case with Miriam, I, THE LORD, WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM...
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THE SIN OF MIRIAM AND AARON...
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MIRIAM AND AARON BECOME CRITICS
(vs.1-16)
Soon after God's dealing so seriously with Israel's complaints, both
Miriam and Aaron are infected with a similar spirit of murmuring. It
was plainly Miriam...
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1-9 The patience of Moses was tried in his own family, as well as by
the people. The pretence was, that he had married a foreign wife; but
probably their pride was hurt, and their envy stirred up, by...
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If you be prophets, as you pretend, yet know there is a difference
among prophets, nor do I put equal authority and honour upon all of
them. By a vision God represents things to the mind of a prophet...
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The brief section of our book to which we now approach may be viewed
in two distinct aspects; in the first place, it is typical or
dispensational; and, in the second, moral or practical.
In the union...
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‘And he said, “Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you,
I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with
him in a dream.'
Firstly He confirmed what a prophet was. He w...
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CONTENTS: Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron and the consequences.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Miriam.
CONCLUSION: We have reason to be exceedingly cautious of saying or
doing anything against the ser...
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Numbers 12:1. _The Ethiopian woman;_ that is, the Cushite, the
daughter of Jethro. Miriam and Aaron seem to have been offended
because Moses had honourably received her as his wife. But Josephus
affir...
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_The Lord came down._
GOD’S VINDICATION OF MOSES
There are several circumstances of the Lord’s proceedings laid down
in the text.
1. As, first, His speed. By and by the Lord called them; so showing...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 12:1 Moses’ brother Aaron, the high
priest, and his sister Miriam, a prophetess (Exodus 15:20), challenge
his unique position. Their initial remarks, concerning Moses’
Cushite...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 12:6 Unlike with ordinary prophets, who
receive their revelations in VISION and DREAM, God speaks to Moses
MOUTH TO MOUTH. This implies verbal communication.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 12:1. _The Ethiopian woman_, &c. Heb.: “The woman, the
Cushite.” This could not have been Zipporah, who was a Midianite,
not a Cushite. And even if it be suppose...
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EXPOSITION
THE SEDITION AND PUNISHMENT OF MIRIAM (Numbers 12:1.).
NUMBERS 12:1
AND MIRIAM AND AARON SPAKE AGAINST MOSES. While the people w
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Now in chapter twelve, Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron began to
murmur against Moses. He had taken an Ethiopian wife, which means that
she was probably black-skinned. And they began to find faul...
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1 Kings 3:5; Acts 10:11; Acts 10:17; Acts 22:17; Acts 22:18;...
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Among you — if you be prophets, yet know there is a difference among
prophets, nor do I put equal honour upon all of them....