Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman.
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Genesis 24:3and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.
Genesis 26:34And Esau was forty years old; and he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Genesis 28:6And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and that he charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites;
Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.
Exodus 2:21And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses to wife.
Leviticus 21:14But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own 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 →