Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. —
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 11:10And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
Psalms 106:32They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;
Psalms 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation.
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 →