Numbers 12:1-9

Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

1 Then a Miriam and Aaron 1 spoke b against Moses because of the 2 Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for c he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 So they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only through d Moses? e Has He not spoken through us also?" And the LORD f heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.) 4 g Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!" So the three came out. 5 h Then 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 i in a vision;
I speak to him j in a dream.
7 Not so with k My servant Moses;
l He is faithful in all m My house.
8 I speak with him n face to face,
Even o plainly, 3 and not in 4 dark sayings;
And he sees p the form of the LORD.
Why then q were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?"
9 So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
    Exodus 15:21
    And Miriam answered them: "Sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
    Numbers 20:1
    Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 11:1
    Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 2:21
    Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 16:3
    They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, " You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
    Micah 6:4
    For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage; And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 29:33
    Then she conceived again and bore a son, and sa...
    Numbers 11:1
    Now when the people complained, it displeased t...
    2 Kings 19:4
    'It may be that the LORD your God will hear all...
    Isaiah 37:4
    'It may be that the LORD your God will hear the...
    Ezekiel 35:12
    "Then you shall know that I am the LORD. I have...
    Ezekiel 35:13
    "Thus with your mouth you have boasted against ...
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 76:9
    When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 19:9
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
    Exodus 34:5
    Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
    Numbers 11:25
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.
    Numbers 16:19
    And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 46:2
    Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the ...
    1 Samuel 3:15
    So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened th...
    Job 33:15
    In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep...
    Ezekiel 1:1
    Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in t...
    Daniel 8:2
    I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I...
    Luke 1:11
    Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, stan...
    Acts 10:11
    And saw heaven opened and an object like a grea...
    Acts 10:17
    Now while Peter wondered within himself what th...
    Acts 22:17
    Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem a...
    Acts 22:18
    "and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and get ...
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 31:10
    And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.
    1 Kings 3:5
    At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask! What shall I give you?
    1 Kings 3:15
    Then Solomon awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
    Matthew 1:20
    But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 1:1
    After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying:
    Psalms 105:26
    He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron whom He had chosen.
  12. Cross References
    Hebrews 3:2
    Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
    Hebrews 3:5
    And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward.
  13. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:12
    And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 33:11
    So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
    Deuteronomy 34:10
    But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face.
    Hosea 12:13
    By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was preserved.
  15. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 13:12
    For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 33:19 - 23
    Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
  17. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:10
    And especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries.
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