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1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said: 'Hath the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? hath He not spoken also with us?' And the LORD heard it. — 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. — 4 And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam: 'Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting.' And they three came out. 5 And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth. 6 And He said: 'Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house; 8 with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?' 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and He departed. 10 And when the cloud was removed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam; and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses: 'Oh my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. 12 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.' 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.' 14 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'If her father had but spit in her face, should she not hide in shame seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.' 15 And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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  • Miriam

    Prophetess of Israel

    The sister who watched over baby Moses and later led Israel in song.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:1–8; 15:20–21; Numbers 12

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  • Moses

    Deliverer and lawgiver

    Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34

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Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Exodus 2:21; Genesis 26:34–35; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 24:37; Galatians 4:16
  2. 2 Ezekiel 35:12–13; Numbers 16:3; Philippians 2:14; Isaiah 37:4; Micah 6:4
  3. 3 Matthew 11:29; James 3:13; Matthew 5:5; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 11:5
  4. 4 Psalm 76:9; Numbers 16:16–21
  5. 5 Numbers 11:25; Exodus 34:5; Psalm 99:7; Exodus 40:38
  6. 6 1 Kings 3:5; Genesis 31:10–11; Genesis 46:2; Acts 22:17–18; Luke 1:22
  7. 7 Hebrews 3:2–6; Joshua 1:1; Psalm 105:26; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Matthew 11:11
  8. 8 Deuteronomy 34:10; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Exodus 33:11; Luke 10:16; Exodus 24:10–11
  9. 9 Numbers 11:1; Hosea 5:15; Genesis 17:22
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 24:9; 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Chronicles 26:19–21; Exodus 4:6; 2 Kings 15:5
  11. 11 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; Proverbs 30:32; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Kings 13:6
  12. 12 Psalm 88:4–5; 1 Corinthians 15:8; Ephesians 2:1–5; Job 3:16; Psalm 58:8
  13. 13 James 5:15; Romans 12:21; Luke 6:28; Luke 23:34; Matthew 5:44–45
  14. 14 Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 30:10; Numbers 5:2–3; Isaiah 50:6; Leviticus 13:45–46
  15. 15 Deuteronomy 24:8–9; Micah 6:4; Micah 7:8–9; Habakkuk 3:2; Lamentations 3:32
  16. 16 Numbers 11:35; Numbers 33:18; Numbers 10:12; Genesis 21:21; Habakkuk 3:3

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 12:7 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XIV–XVIII)

    … righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." But bringing an accusation against himself, he said, "No man is free from defilement, even if his life be but of one day." Moses was called faithful in all God's house; and through his instrumentality, God punished Egypt with plagues and tortures.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 12:7 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter VI)

    … Moses himself, being a man of God, was indeed given as a god before Pharaoh; but he is not properly termed Lord, nor is called God by the prophets, but is spoken of by the Spirit as "Moses, the faithful minister and servant of God," which also he was.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 12:7 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter II — 23-25; III. 1-5)

    Then afterwards great men whom we know, whom Holy Scriptures commends, Moses faithful in all his house. And yet those three are named, just as if they alone deserved well of him: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob: this is my name for ever." Sublime mystery!

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 12:14 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily V)

    … who is doing this, He saith unto him, "Mourn not thou for Saul." Though for his own sister one entreat, when it is not fitting, he again shall have the same sort of answer as Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face." Let us not then be looking open-mouthed towards others.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 12:7 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XL–XLV)

    And what wonder is it if those in Christ who were entrusted with such a duty by God, appointed those [ministers] before mentioned, when the blessed Moses also, "a faithful servant in all his house," noted down in the sacred books all the injunctions which were given him, and when the other prophets also followed him, bearing witness with one …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)