Números 12
Matthew Henry · Citado em PreceptAustin
Números 12
Henry - The wonderful patience of Moses under this provocation. The Lord heard it (v. 2), but Moses himself took no notice of it, for (v. 3) he was very meek. He had a great deal of reason to resent the affront; it was ill-natured and ill-timed, when the people were disposed to mutiny, and had lately given him a great deal of vexation with their murmurings, which would be in danger of breaking out again when thus headed and countenanced by Aaron and Miriam; but he, as a deaf man, heard not. When God's honour was concerned, as in the case of the golden calf, no man more zealous than Moses; but, when his own honour was touched, no man more meek: as bold as a lion in the cause of God, but as mild as a lamb in his own cause. God's people are the meek of the earth (Zephaniah 2:3), but some are more remarkable than others for this grace, as Moses, who was thus fitted for the work he was called to, which required all the meekness he had and sometimes more. And sometimes the unkindness of our friends is a greater trial of our meekness than the malice of our enemies. Christ himself records his own meekness (Matthew 11:29, I am meek and lowly in heart), and the copy of meekness which Christ has set was without a blot, but that of Moses was not. Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.) BGT Numbers 12:3 καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος Μωυσῆς πραῢς σφόδρα παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ὄντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς NET Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.) NLT Numbers 12:3 (Now Moses was very humble-- more humble than any other person on earth.) ESV Numbers 12:3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. NIV Numbers 12:3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) KJV Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) YLT Numbers 12:3 And the man Moses is very humble, more than any of the men who are on the face of the ground. LXE Numbers 12:3 And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth. ASV Numbers 12:3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. CSB Numbers 12:3 Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. NKJ Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.) NRS Numbers 12:3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth. NAB Numbers 12:3 Now, Moses himself was by far the meekest man on the face of the earth. NJB Numbers 12:3 Now Moses was extremely humble, the humblest man on earth. very humble: Ps 147:6 149:4 Mt 5:5 11:29 21:5 2Co 10:1 1Th 2:7 Jas 3:13 1Pe 3:4 on the face of the earth: Nu 11:10-15 20:10-12 Ps 106:32,33 2Co 11:5 12:11 Jas 3:2,3 Numbers 12 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries (Now the man Moses was very humble (very meek) more than any man who was on the face of the earth.) - As we see in the word study on anav (below) this could be rendered "Moses was more afflicted than any man" and there would be considerable truth in that rendering as we look at his manifold struggles with the children of Israel! The parenthesis identify this as a parenthetical statement, but it was still inspired by the Spirit and Moses recorded it moved by the Spirit (2 Peter 1:21+). He is not boasting but simply being honest. And keep in mind that the underlying meaning of the Hebrew word for humble is description of a person who is afflicted or has experienced affliction. Most of us have a difficult time being humble when we are "flying high" (so to speak). But God loves us so much that He allows afflictions to bow us down, which is the essence of one in a humble position.
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Henry - Moses did not resent the injury done him, nor complain of it to God, nor make any appeal to him; but God resented it. He hears all we say in our passion, and is a swift witness of our hasty speeches, which is a reason why we should resolutely bridle our tongues (pray Ps 141:3), that we speak not ill of others, and why we should patiently stop our ears, and not take notice of it, if others speak ill of us. I heard not, for thou wilt hear, Ps. 38:13-15. The more silent we are in our own cause the more is God engaged to plead it. The accused innocent needs to say little if he knows the judge himself will be his advocate. G Campbell
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Henry - Moses had often shown himself jealous for God's honour, and now God showed himself jealous for his reputation; for those that honour God he will honour, nor will he ever be behind-hand with any that appear for him. Judges of old sat in the gate of the city to try causes, and so on this occasion the shechinah in the cloud of glory stood at the door of the tabernacle, and Aaron and Miriam, as delinquents, were called to the bar. When they had both come forward - One has to believe they were both trembling by now. They must have realized that this would not be good news for them! THOUGHT - Do you remember that time in elementary school when the teacher turned to class and said "______, come forward this instant!" (Maybe you were perfect unlike yours truly -- but I remember that day as it was yesterday even though it has been 65 years ago!) Your face flushed, you pulse raced and your knees shook! Dearly beloved follower of Jesus, there is a day coming when Jesus will come down and call us forward. May we enabled by God's Spirit continually heed the command in 1 John 2:28+ "Now, little children, abide (present imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming." Numbers 12:6 He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. BGT Numbers 12:6 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἀκούσατε τῶν λόγων μου ἐὰν γένηται προφήτης ὑμῶν κυρίῳ ἐν ὁράματι αὐτῷ γνωσθήσομαι καὶ ἐν ὕπνῳ λαλήσω αὐτῷ NET Numbers 12:6 The LORD said, "Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream. NLT Numbers 12:6 And the LORD said to them, "Now listen to what I say: "If there were prophets among you, I, the LORD, would reveal myself in visions. I would speak to them in dreams. ESV Numbers 12:6 And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. NIV Numbers 12:6 he said, "Listen to my words: "When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. KJV Numbers 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. YLT Numbers 12:6 And He saith, 'Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him; LXE Numbers 12:6 And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him. ASV Numbers 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. CSB Numbers 12:6 He said: "Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the LORD, I make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. NKJ Numbers 12:6 Then He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. NRS Numbers 12:6 And he said, "Hear my words: When there are prophets among you, I the LORD make myself known to them in visions; I speak to them in dreams. a prophet: Ge 20:7 Ex 7:1 Ps 105:15 Mt 23:31,34,37 Lu 20:6 Eph 4:11 Rev 11:3,10 in a vision: Ge 15:1 46:2 Job 4:13 33:15 Ps 89:19 Eze 1:1 Da 8:2 Da 10:8,16,17 Lu 1:11,22 Ac 10:11,17 22:17,18 a dream: Ge 31:10,11 1Ki 3:5 Jer 23:28 Da 7:1 Mt 1:20 2:12,13,19 Numbers 12 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries GOD EXPLAINS WHO MOSES IS! He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream - Yahweh's words were not yet obviously judgmental. After all Miriam was a prophetess and Aaron had served in essence as a "prophet" for Moses, speaking the words that God spoke to Moses which Moses then spoke to him. NIVSB on a vision...a dream - The Hebrew word used here, mar'ah, is related to the verb ra'ah (meaning “to see”) and shows the antiquity of this tradition and passage: a prophet (navi) was formerly known as a seer (ro'eh, from ra'ah; see 1 Sa 9:9; Isa 30:10). (Related - What was a seer in the Bible? and What was a prophet in the Old Testament?)...Dreams are often connected to prophetic activity and divine revelation (Gen 20:7; 31:10–13; 37:5–11; Dt 13:2, 4, 6; 1 Ki 3:5-14). (Related - What are some biblical examples of dream interpretation?) Numbers 12:7 "Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household; BGT Numbers 12:7 οὐχ οὕτως ὁ θεράπων μου Μωυσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ μου πιστός ἐστιν NET Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. NLT Numbers 12:7 But not with my servant Moses. Of all my house, he is the one I trust. ESV Numbers 12:7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. NIV Numbers 12:7 But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. KJV Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. YLT Numbers 12:7 not so My servant Moses; in all My house he is stedfast; LXE Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house. ASV Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house: CSB Numbers 12:7 Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household. NKJ Numbers 12:7 Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. NRS Numbers 12:7 Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house. NAB Numbers 12:7 Not so with my servant Moses! Throughout my house he bears my trust: NJB Numbers 12:7 Not so with my servant Moses; to him my whole household is entrusted; GWN Numbers 12:7 But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household. My servant: Dt 18:18 Ps 105:26 Mt 11:9,11 Ac 3:22,23 7:31 faithful: 1Co 4:2 1Ti 3:15 Heb 3:2-6 1Pe 2:4,5 Numbers 12 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Hebrews 3:2-6+ He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house (ISRAEL IN THE OT). 3 For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house–whose house we are (CHURCH IN NT = Eph 2:19+, 1 Pe 2:5+), if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end (SEE Perseverance of the Saints). Comment - "The superiority of Christ over Moses is shown in two comparisons: (1) Moses was a servant, whereas Christ is the Son, and (2) Moses was in God’s house, i.e., a part of it, whereas Christ is over God’s house. Both were faithful." (NIVSB) MOSES IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROPHET Not so, with My servant Moses - Not so means Moses did not need to see a vision. The Hebrew for servant ('ebed) is translated in Lxx with therapon (see note below). Moses was first called a servant in Exodus... Exodus 14:31+ When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant ('ebed; Lxx = therapon) Moses. Therapon - denotes a faithful friend to a superior, who solicitously regards the superior’s interest or looks after his affairs, not a common or domestic servant (oiketes). Therapon is one who serves willingly regardless of whether he is a free man (eleutheroo) impelled by love or a slave (see doulos) bound by duty. Thus the services of a therapon (Ex 14:31) were voluntary and higher than those of an ordinary doulos or slave. And so therapon denotes the willing service rendered as well as the relationship between the one serving and the one he serves. It also emphasizes an office which was honorable and dignified. THOUGHT - My servant is a beautiful description and should be the one all of God's children strive for and desire to hear from Jehovah. May God's Spirit so work in all of our lives that we might all one day hear from our Master's lips, those precious words "Well done good and faithful slave (servant), I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master." In Jesus' Name. Amen. God is looking for faithfulness in His servants and He will take care of their fruitfulness and their future commendation. Make Steve Green's song your prayer beloved follower of Christ - Find Us Faithful. Servant (05650)('ebed from 'abad = work in any sense) means a slave or bondservant. Slavery in Israel amounted to indentured servitude. A fellow Israelite could not be held indefinitely against his will. In fact, his time of service was limited to 6 yr (Ex 21:2). The master could be punished if evil intent against the slave was proven (Ex 21:14) or if the slave died (Ex 21:20). These types of servants held a position of honor (Ge 24:2ff; 41:12, 15:2). The phrase, the servant of the Lord, is the most outstanding reference to the Messiah in the Old Testament, and its teachings are concentrated at the end of Isaiah (Isa. 42:1, 19; 43:10; 49:3, 5–7; 52:13; 53:11).Uses in Numbers - Nu 12:8, Nu 14:24, Nu 22:18, Nu 31:49, Nu 32:5, 25, 27, 31. NET Note - The title “my servant” or “servant of the LORD” is reserved in the Bible for distinguished personages, people who are truly spiritual leaders, like Moses, David, Hezekiah, and also the Messiah. Here it underscores Moses’ obedience. Moses the servant of the LORD - This exact description of Moses is found 18x in 17 verses - Deut. 34:5; Jos. 1:1; Jos. 1:13; Jos. 1:15; Jos. 8:31; Jos. 8:33; Jos. 11:12; Jos. 12:6; Jos. 13:8; Jos. 14:7; Jos. 18:7; Jos. 22:2; Jos. 22:4; Jos. 22:5; 2 Ki. 18:12; 2 Chr. 1:3; 2 Chr. 24:6 The seven other uses of this designation for men - the servant of the LORD - Jos. 24:29 (REFERS TO JOSHUA, THE SERVANT OF MOSES!); Jdg. 2:8 (JOSHUA AGAIN); Ps. 18:1 (DAVID); Ps. 36:1(DAVID); Isa. 42:19 - Isa 42:1 refers to the ultimate SERVANT, the MESSIAH! Spurgeon on David's words in Psalm 18:1 - The title deserves attention. David, although at this time a king, calls himself, "the servant of Jehovah, "but makes no mention of his royalty; hence we gather that he counted it a higher honour to be the Lord's servant than to be Judah's king. Right wisely did he judge. He is faithful in all My household - Now Aaron and Miriam know this is not good for them. God is lauding Moses and saying he is the one who is trustworthy in all God's household or as the NLT paraphrases it "Of all my house, he is the one I trust." Faithful is aman which has the basic meaning to support or be firm and here in the Niphal stem it describes Moses as firm, reliable, dependable, one Yahweh could count on. Aman is translated here in the Lxx with pistos which describes one who is full of faith, dependable, inspiring of trust, trustworthy. Faithful (0539)(aman) conveys the basic idea of providing stability and confidence. To be steady, firm and thus trustworthy. Aman speaks of certainty and thus can mean to confirm or to affirm. Recall that the "first use" of a word in Scripture is often very significant as it establishes the primary or most significant meaning, and this general principle is true in the Spirit's inspired use of 'aman in Genesis 15:6+ where "Abram believed in Jehovah" = Hebrew verb 'aman = Greek verb (Septuagint - Lxx) pisteuo [see word study] Paradoxically a bondservant of the Most High God is one of the most privileged, noblest professions in the world. Little wonder that notable men of God in the have always been called the servants of God. The list of names includes: Moses (Dt 34:5+ Ps 105:26+ Mal 4:4+) Caleb (Nu 14:24+) But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it. Joshua (Josh 24:29+) David (Ps 18:1+, 2Sa 7:5+, 2Sa 3:18+ Ps 78:70) Paul (Ro 1:1+; Phil 1:1+; Titus 1:1+) Peter (2 Pe 1:1+) James (James 1:1+) Jude (Jude 1:1+) Prophets (Amos 3:7; Jer 7:25). __________ (Your name dear believer) (Acts 2:18+; 1Co 7:22+; Ep 6:6+; Col 4:12+; 2Ti 2:24+).