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Dissension of Aaron and Miriam

1 Then aMiriam and Aaron spoke bagainst Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for che had married an Ethiopian woman.  
2 So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through aMoses? bHas He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord cheard it.  
3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)
4 aSuddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out.  
5 aThen the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward.  
6 Then He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, make Myself known to him ain a vision;
I speak to him bin a dream. 
7 Not so with aMy servant Moses;
bHe is faithful in all cMy house. 
8 I speak with him aface to face,
Even bplainly, and not in dark sayings;
And he sees cthe form of the Lord.
Why then dwere you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?”  
9 So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed.
10 And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, asuddenly Miriam became bleprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.  
11 So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please ado not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was very meek - How could Moses, who certainly was as humble and modest as he was meek, write this encomium upon himself? I think the word is not rightly understood; anav , which we translate meek, comes from anah , to act upon, to humble, depress, afflict, and is translated so in many places in the Old Testament; and in this sense it should be understood here: "Now this man Moses was depressed or afflicted more than any man haadamah , of that land." And why was he so? Because of the great burden he had to bear in the care and government of this people, and because of their ingratitude and rebellion both against God and himself: of this depression and affliction, see the fullest proof in the preceding chapter, Numbers 11 (note). The very power they envied was oppressive to its possessor, and was more than either of their shoulders could sustain.


 
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