Numbers 12:3
(But Moses was a verie meeke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth)
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Moses heard the people weepe throughout their families, euery man in the doore of his tent, and the wrath of the Lord was grieuously kindled: also Moses was grieued.
Psalms 106:32They angred him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was punished for their sakes,
Psalms 149:4For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meeke glorious by deliuerance.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
2 Corinthians 10:1Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent:
2 Corinthians 12:11I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee 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 →