MIRIAM. Named first to show she was first in the rebellion. See Numbers 12:10. Compare Genesis 3:3. ETHIOPIAN. Zipporah. Hebrew. _Cushite._ Arabia was in the land of Cush: or Zipporah (Exodus 2:21) may have been of Cushite nationality, though territorially. Midianite.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. VERY MEEK. patient. First occurrence. Hebrew. _'anah =_ to endure with submission what might be evaded: in contrast with Hebrew. _'ani =_ to bear what cannot be avoided. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1. TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel._ See App-40.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SERVANT MOSES. First occurrence. Occurs six times. See Numbers 12:7; Numbers 12:8; Joshua 1:2; Joshua 1:7; 2 Kings 21:8. Mai. Numbers 4:4. NOT SO: i.e. much greater. Compare Numbers 12:8. WHO IS FAITHFUL. Compare Hebrews 3:2, or, Faithful is he, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUTH TO MOUTH. Compare Genesis 45:12; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:14. See also Exodus 33:11.Deuteronomy 34:10. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. APPARENTLY. plainly. NOT, &C.. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. SIMILITUDE: i.e. likeness or image. This must be understood in harmony with Exodus... [ Continue Reading ]
KINDLED: with instant result. HE: i.e. Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEPROUS. See note on Exodus 4:6. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. = "there she was leprous! "abruptness of language reveals the excitement produced.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN... SINNED. Hebrew. _chat'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEAD. stillborn. THE FLESH. The Primitive Text lead "our flesh". This is one of the eighteen emendations of the Sopherim (see App-33), to avoid what was supposed to he derogatory to Aaron. HIS MOTHER'S. The Primitive Text read "our mother's" (see above note): thus it is made impersonal.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. El.. God, the mighty God. See App-4. SPIT IN HER FACE. treat with contempt: so the idiom is used in Syriac and Arabic to-day. Hebrew "had spitted. spitting. "Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. Compare Job 30:10. SEVEN DAYS. Compare Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:5; Leviticus 1... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT. received, Numbers 12:14.... [ Continue Reading ]