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Numbers 12

Num. 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Miriam
Miryam (Hebrew #4813)
rebelliously; Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses
KJV usage: Miriam.
Pronounce: meer-yawm'
Origin: from 4805
and Aaron
'Aharown (Hebrew #175)
Aharon, the brother of Moses
KJV usage: Aaron.
Pronounce: a-har-one'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
spake
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
against Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
because of
'owdowth (Hebrew #182)
from the same as 181; turnings (i.e. occasions); (adverb) on account of
KJV usage: (be-)cause, concerning, sake.
Pronounce: o-doth'
Origin: or (shortened) rodowth {o-doth'} (only thus in the plural)
the δEthiopian
Kuwshiyth (Hebrew #3571)
feminine of 3569; a Cushite woman: --Ethiopian.
Pronounce: koo-sheeth'
woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
whom he had married
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
: for heh had ζmarried
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
an Ethiopian
Kuwshiyth (Hebrew #3571)
feminine of 3569; a Cushite woman: --Ethiopian.
Pronounce: koo-sheeth'
woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
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or, Cushite.
h
Ex. 2:21• 21And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (Ex. 2:21)
ζ
taken.

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Aaron,
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Miriam,
Moses,
Woman

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-10:  God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and Aaron.
11-13:  Miriam's leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses.
14-15:  God commands her to be shut out of the host.
16:  The people encamp in the wilderness of Paran.
Miriam.
Matt. 10:36• 36and they of his household shall be a man's enemies. (Matt. 10:36)
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Matt. 12:48• 48But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? (Matt. 12:48)
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John 7:5• 5for neither did his brethren believe on him. (John 7:5)
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John 15:20• 20Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours. (John 15:20)
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Gal. 4:16• 16So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you? (Gal. 4:16)
Ethiopian.
or, Cushite.
Ex. 2:16,21• 16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.
 21And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (Ex. 2:16,21)
married.
Heb. taken.
Gen. 24:3,37• 3and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling;
 37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling; (Gen. 24:3,37)
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Gen. 26:34‑35• 34And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
 35And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca. (Gen. 26:34‑35)
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Gen. 27:46• 46And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me? (Gen. 27:46)
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Gen. 28:6‑9• 6And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take a wife thence, blessing him, and giving him a charge saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
 7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
 8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
 9And Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. (Gen. 28:6‑9)
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Gen. 34:14‑15• 14and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us.
 15But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised; (Gen. 34:14‑15)
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Gen. 41:45• 45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. (Gen. 41:45)
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Ex. 34:16• 16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. (Ex. 34:16)
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Lev. 21:14• 14A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples. (Lev. 21:14)
• It is the prophetess and the priest (one who has the word from God and access to God, the twofold character of the people of God), who rise up against him who is king in Jeshurun, with whom God speaks as unto His friend. (“Numbers 12” by J.N. Darby)
• Moses had taken an Ethiopian woman- a blessed sign for us of the sovereignty of grace which has introduced into the blessing of Christ those who had no right or title to it. The people of God, whatever their privileges, ought to have recognized this sovereignty. (“Numbers 12” by J.N. Darby)
• When the members of the church also, in the thought of making themselves spiritual, take advantage of their glory and position as prophets and priests (characters which do indeed belong to them), to disown the rights of Christ, as king in Jeshurun, having authority over the house of God, there is room for considering whether they are not guilty of the rebellion here spoken of. For my part, I believe they are. (“Numbers 12” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopiand woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Cushite."