Numbers · Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 12 Young's Literal Translation
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1 And Miriam speaketh — Aaron also — against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;
1 Y HABLARON María y Aarón contra Moisés á causa de la mujer Ethiope que había tomado: porque él había tomado mujer Ethiope.
2 and they say, 'Only by Moses hath Jehovah spoken? also by us hath he not spoken?' and Jehovah heareth.
2 Y dijeron: ¿Solamente por Moisés ha hablado Jehová? ¿no ha hablado también por nosotros? Y oyólo Jehová.
3 And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground.
3 Y aquel varón Moisés era muy manso, más que todos los hombres que había sobre la tierra.
4 And Jehovah saith suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, 'Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting;' and they three come out.
4 Y luego dijo Jehová á Moisés, y á Aarón, y á María: Salid vosotros tres al tabernáculo del testimonio. Y salieron ellos tres.
5 And Jehovah cometh down in the pillar of the cloud, and standeth at the opening of the tent, and calleth Aaron and Miriam, and they come out both of them.
5 Entonces Jehová descendió en la columna de la nube, y púsose á la puerta del tabernáculo, y llamó á Aarón y á María; y salieron ellos ambos.
6 And He saith, 'Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah — in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him;
6 Y él les dijo: Oid ahora mis palabras: si tuviereis profeta de Jehová, le apareceré en visión, en sueños hablaré con él.
7 not so My servant Moses; in all My house he [is] stedfast;
7 No así á mi siervo Moisés, que es fiel en toda mi casa:
8 mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and [by] an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant — against Moses?'
8 Boca á boca hablaré con él, y á las claras, y no por figuras; y verá la apariencia de Jehová: ¿por qué pues no tuvisteis temor de hablar contra mi siervo Moisés?
9 And the anger of Jehovah burneth against them, and He goeth on,
9 Entonces el furor de Jehová se encendió en ellos; y fuése.
10 and the cloud hath turned aside from off the tent, and lo, Miriam [is] leprous as snow; and Aaron turneth unto Miriam, and lo, leprous!
10 Y la nube se apartó del tabernáculo: y he aquí que María era leprosa como la nieve; y miró Aarón á María, y he aquí que estaba leprosa.
11 And Aaron saith unto Moses, 'O, my lord, I pray thee, lay not upon us sin [in] which we have been foolish, and [in] which we have sinned;
11 Y dijo Aarón á Moisés: ¡Ah! señor mío, no pongas ahora sobre nosotros pecado; porque locamente lo hemos hecho, y hemos pecado.
12 let her not, I pray thee, be as [one] dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother — the half of his flesh is consumed.'
12 No sea ella ahora como el que sale muerto del vientre de su madre, consumida la mitad de su carne.
13 And Moses crieth unto Jehovah, saying, 'O God, I pray Thee, give, I pray Thee, healing to her.'
13 Entonces Moisés clamó á Jehová, diciendo: Ruégote, oh Dios, que la sanes ahora.
14 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'And her father had but spat in her face — is she not ashamed seven days? she is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterwards she is gathered.'
14 Respondió Jehová á Moisés: Pues si su padre hubiera escupido en su cara, ¿no se avergonzaría por siete días?: sea echada fuera del real por siete días, y después se reunirá.
15 And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered;
15 Así María fué echada del real siete días; y el pueblo no pasó adelante hasta que se [le] reunió María.
16 and afterwards have the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran.
16 Not in this translation
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Miriam
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
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 2:21; Genesis 26:34–35; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 24:37; Galatians 4:16
- 2 Ezekiel 35:12–13; Numbers 16:3; Philippians 2:14; Isaiah 37:4; Micah 6:4
- 3 Matthew 11:29; James 3:13; Matthew 5:5; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 11:5
- 4 Psalm 76:9; Numbers 16:16–21
- 5 Numbers 11:25; Exodus 34:5; Psalm 99:7; Exodus 40:38
- 6 1 Kings 3:5; Genesis 31:10–11; Genesis 46:2; Acts 22:17–18; Luke 1:22
- 7 Hebrews 3:2–6; Joshua 1:1; Psalm 105:26; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Matthew 11:11
- 8 Deuteronomy 34:10; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Exodus 33:11; Luke 10:16; Exodus 24:10–11
- 9 Numbers 11:1; Hosea 5:15; Genesis 17:22
- 10 Deuteronomy 24:9; 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Chronicles 26:19–21; Exodus 4:6; 2 Kings 15:5
- 11 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; Proverbs 30:32; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Kings 13:6
- 12 Psalm 88:4–5; 1 Corinthians 15:8; Ephesians 2:1–5; Job 3:16; Psalm 58:8
- 13 James 5:15; Romans 12:21; Luke 6:28; Luke 23:34; Matthew 5:44–45
- 14 Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 30:10; Numbers 5:2–3; Isaiah 50:6; Leviticus 13:45–46
- 15 Deuteronomy 24:8–9; Micah 6:4; Micah 7:8–9; Habakkuk 3:2; Lamentations 3:32
- 16 Numbers 11:35; Numbers 33:18; Numbers 10:12; Genesis 21:21; Habakkuk 3:3
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“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).
… 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.
… 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.
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)
… 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)
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 …