Numbers 12:13

Translations

Modern

So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

Traditional

And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

Literal

And Moses cried out to YHWH, saying, “O God, please, please, heal her.”

Latin

Clamavitque Moyses ad Dominum, dicens: Deus, obsecro, sana eam.

Original

Hebrew

English

So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

Notes

Numbers 12:9–16

Miriam experienced the burning anger of the Lord (see study note on 12:1–2). When Aaron saw what happened to her, he confessed their sin and asked Moses to pray for them (compare 11:2). Both Moses and the Lord accepted Aaron's confession.

Numbers 12:1–16

Rebellion did not come only from the “rabble” or from the Israelites who were tired of manna (11:4). It also came from within the family of Moses.

Aaron the high priest and Miriam the prophetess spoke against Moses (Exodus 29:30; Exodus 15:20). Their actions showed that even Israel’s spiritual leaders struggled with jealousy and doubt.

At this time, Israel was moving toward a lowest point in its rebellion against God (Numbers 13:25–14:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Aaron Moses The Plagues

Related verses

Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Luke 6:28
…bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
James 5:15
And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
Isaiah 30:26
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Numbers 14:2
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Matthew 5:44–45
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Numbers 16:41
The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
Numbers 16:46–50
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Numbers 14:13–20
But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
1 Samuel 12:23
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
Exodus 32:10–14
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Aaron Deuteronomy, Book of Disease History of Israel Miriam Numbers, Book of Pillar of Fire and Cloud Woman

Topics

Forgiveness: Moses Forgives the Israelites Intercession: Additional Instances of for Miriam Intercession: Answered: That Miriam's Leprosy Might be Healed Intercessory Prayer: should be offered up For: Those Who Envy Us Judgments: Miriam Leprosy: Healed: Miriam Leprosy: Power of God Manifested in Curing Miracles: Catalogue of Miriam's Leprosy Prayer: Answered: Moses, on Behalf of Miriam's Leprosy

Numbers 12:13

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