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Verse Numbers 12:10. _MIRIAM_ BECAME _LEPROUS_] It is likely Miriam
was _chief_ in this mutiny; and it is probable that it was on this
ground she is mentioned _first_, (see Numbers 12:1,) and punishe...
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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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AND, BEHOLD, MIRIAM BECAME LEPROUS— We have here another instance of
the expressive beauty of the original being spoiled by the insertion
of the italics. Nothing can be more nervous and significative...
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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 THE CLOUD DEPARTED FROM OFF THE TABERNACLE; AND, BEHOLD, MIRIAM
BECAME LEPROUS, WHITE AS SNOW: AND AARON LOOKED UPON MIRIAM, AND,
BEHOLD, SHE WAS LEPROUS._
The cloud departed from off the tabern...
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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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AND THE CLOUD DEPARTED... — The withdrawal of the cloud was the
visible token of the Divine displeasure. The word _sar, departed,_
which is here used, is an entirely different word from that which
occ...
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וְ הֶ עָנָ֗ן סָ֚ר מֵ עַ֣ל הָ...
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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 the cloud departed from off the (f) tabernacle; and, behold,
Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon
Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.
(f) From the door of the taber...
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Departed from the door to its former place, (Calmet) as if in
abhorrence of Mary's leprosy, (Hiscuni) and still more of the sin,
which had brought upon her that punishment. (Calmet) --- Perhaps the
cl...
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Reader! observe the striking nature of the punishment. Moses' face was
made glorious from being much with GOD in communion. Miriam's face is
leprous when GOD departs. Dearest JESUS! what am I but full...
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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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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 THE CLOUD DEPARTED FROM OFF THE TABERNACLE,.... Not from off the
door of the tabernacle, as Aben Ezra, for that is implied in the last
clause of Numbers 12:9, but from off that part of the taberna...
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And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam
[became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and,
behold, [she was] leprous.
Ver. 10. _Miriam became leprous._]...
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_From off the tabernacle_ Probably not the whole tabernacle, but from
that part to which it had come, to that part which was directly over
the mercy-seat, where it constantly abode. Or, perhaps, it qu...
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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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Miriam's Leprosy Breaks out and is Healed...
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And the cloud departed from off the Tabernacle, it mounted aloft, in
token of the fact that the relations between God and His people were
severed; and, BEHOLD, MIRIAM BECAME LEPROUS, WHITE AS SNOW; in...
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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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10-16 The cloud departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God goes,
evil comes: expect no good when God departs. Her foul tongue, as
Bishop Hall says, was justly punished with a foul face. Aaron, as...
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FROM OFF THE TABERNACLE; not from the whole tabernacle, for then they
must have removed, but from that part of the tabernacle whither it was
come, to that part which was directly over the mercy-seat,...
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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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Numbers 12:10 cloud H6051 departed H5493 (H8804) tabernacle H168
Miriam H4813 leprous H6879 (H8794) snow H7950 Aaro
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‘And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against them, and he departed,
and the cloud removed from over the Tent. And, behold, Miriam was
skin-diseased, as white as snow. And Aaron looked on Miriam, and,...
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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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_Miriam became leprous._
THE PUNISHMENT OF MIRIAM AND AARON
I. The divine judgment because of the sin of Miriam and Aaron.
1. The punishment was inflicted by the Lord.
2. The punishment was approp...
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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 12:9 Miriam and Aaron should have realized
that Moses had a unique kind of access to God. Their lack of awareness
prompts God’s ANGER. LEPROUS, LIKE SNOW. In the Bible, “lepros...
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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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2 Chronicles 26:19; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 5:27; Deuteronomy 24:9;...
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From the tabernacle — Not from the whole tabernacle, but from that
part, whither it was come, to that part which was directly over the
mercy — seat, where it constantly abode. Leprous — She, and not
A...