Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moshe was anav me'od, above all the men which were upon the face of ha'adamah.)
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 11:10Then Moshe heard the people wailing throughout their mishpekhot, every man in the entrance of his ohel; and the anger of Hashem was kindled greatly; Moshe also was displeased.
Psalms 106:32They angered Him also at the waters of Merivah, 1 so that it went ill with Moshe on their account; 1
Psalms 149:4For Hashem taketh pleasure in His people; 1 He will crown the meek with Yeshu'ah (salvation). 1
Matthew 11:29Take my ol (yoke) upon you and learn from me, for I am anav (humble) and have shiflut (lowliness) in lev (heart), and you will find menuchah (rest, security) + 11:29 Ruth 1:9 for your nefashot (souls). + 11:29 Jer 6:16
2 Corinthians 10:1Now I myself, Sha'ul, appeal to you gently in Moshiach and in his anavah (humility) I who am peh el peh (panim el panim, face to face) “lowly” among you + 10:1 1C 2:3 but have “chutzpah” with you when absent. + 10:1 1C 2:4; 7:8
2 Corinthians 12:11I have been a yold! You forced me. For I ought to be commended by you, for in nothing I was behind the most groise (eminent) Shlichim, + 12:11 2C 11:5 even if I am nothing.
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 →