Numbers 12:5

Translations

Modern

…and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

Traditional

And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.

Literal

And YHWH came down in the pillar of cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam; and both of them went forward.

Latin

…descendit Dominus in columna nubis, et stetit in introitu tabernaculi, vocans Aaron et Mariam. Qui cum issent,

Original

Hebrew

English

…and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

Notes

Numbers 12:4–8

In response to this rebellion, the Lord spoke directly. He reaffirmed the special status and authority of Moses.

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 Cloud and Fire The Plagues

Related verses

Numbers 11:25
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
Exodus 34:5
And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
Psalm 99:7
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
Exodus 40:38
For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

People

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel Miriam: Moses' sister, a prophetess who led women in worship

Glossary

Aaron Deuteronomy, Book of Disease History of Israel Kings, Books of First and Second Numbers, Book of Pillar of Fire and Cloud Woman

Topics

Ambition: Aaron and Miriam Christian Minister: Aaron Citizens: Wicked: Miriam and Aaron Cloud of Glory: Special Appearances of: At Sedition of Aaron and Miriam Cloud: Pillar of Envy: Miriam and Aaron, of Moses Forgiveness: Moses Forgives the Israelites Judgments: Miriam Leprosy: Sent As a Judgment On: Miriam Pillars: The Divine Glory Appeared to Israel in the Form of Tabernacle: The Lord Reveals Himself At Treason of Aaron and Miriam Against Moses

Numbers 12:5

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