Numbers 12:1

CHAPTER XII

Miriam and Aaron raise a sedition against Moses, because of the

Ethiopian woman he had married, 1,

and through jealousy of his increasing power and authority, 2.

The character of Moses, 3.

Moses, Aaron, and Miriam are suddenly called to the tabernacle, 4.

The Lord appears in the pillar of the cloud, and converses with

them, 5.

Declares his purpose to communicate his will to Moses only, 6-8.

His anger is kindled against Miriam, and she is smitten with

the leprosy, 9, 10.

Aaron deplores his transgression, and entreats for Miriam, 11,12.

Moses intercedes for her, 13.

The Lord requires that she be shut out of the camp for seven

days, 14.

The people rest till she is restored, 15,

and afterwards leave Hazeroth, and pitch in the wilderness of

Paran, 16.

NOTES ON CHAP. XII

Verse Numbers 12:1. Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses] It appears that jealousy of the power and influence of Moses was the real cause of their complaint though his having married an Ethiopian woman - האשה הכשית haishshah haccushith - THAT WOMAN, the Cushite, probably meaning Zipporah, who was an Arab born in the land of Midian - was the ostensible cause.