Numbers 12:2
And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,
3(For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)
Cross References
Genesis 29:33And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.
Exodus 4:30And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs before the people,
Exodus 7:10So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharao, and did as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron took the rod before Pharao, and his servants, and it was turned into a serpent.
Numbers 11:1In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp.
Numbers 16:3And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?
2 Kings 19:4It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and to reprove with words, which the Lord thy God hath heard: and do thou offer prayer for the remnants that are found.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:2-4
Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) Here is, I. The unbecoming passion of Aaron and Miriam: they spoke against Moses, v. 1 . If Moses, that received so much honour… Read the whole commentary →