Numbers 12:1

Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.

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In The King James Version

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

In Context

2And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:3And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

Genesis 26:34And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Genesis 28:6So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 2:21And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

Leviticus 21:14A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:1

In the foregoing chapter we had the vexation which the people gave to Moses; in this we have his patience tried by his own relations. I. Miriam and Aaron, his own brother and sister, affronted him, ver. 1-3 . II. God called them to an account for it, ver. 4-9 . III. Miriam was smitten with a leprosy for it, ver. 10 . IV. Aaron submits, and Moses meekly intercedes for Miriam, ver. 11-13 . V. She is healed, but put to shame for seven days, ver. 14-16 . And this is recorded to show that the best persons and families… Read the whole commentary →

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