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Numbers 12:7

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But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:

KJV

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

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This verse in Numbers 12

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bonaventure

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 9 · Written in the 13th century.

The purely intellectual vision existed in the minds of the angels and of the Lawmaker. Moses was raised up to this vision more completely than any other prophet, for it is written: Should there be a prophet among you, in visions will I reveal Myself …

This site's exposition

If there be a prophet among you

on Numbers 12:6-7

Vision and dream are named as the ordinary channels, and the words fix what a prophet in Israel is before the exception is stated. Moses is set outside that class in one clause, faithful in all mine house, and the word behind faithful, neeman, is used of a trusted steward or superintendent, as Adam Clarke shows from 1 Samuel 3:20. Hebrews 3:2 and 3:5 quote this verse and then draw a line the Old Testament had not drawn, that Moses was faithful as a servant in the house while Christ is a son over it.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Clement of Rome

LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 17 · Written before 99.

Moses was called "faithful in all God's house." God used him to bring his judgment on Egypt with scourges and torments. Yet even he, despite the great glory he was given, did not boast. But when he was granted an oracle from the bush, he said, "Who am I that you send me? I have a feeble voice and a slow tongue." And again he says, "I am but steam from a pot."

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Hence in the last days, the days of the Messiah, the sons and daughters are said to prophesy ( Joel ii. 28 ), because they shall be better acquainted with the mysteries of the kingdom of grace than even the prophets themselves were; see Heb. i. Yet the honour put upon Moses was far greater (

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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

In all my house - That is, whom I have set over all my house, my church and people, and therefore over you; and who hath discharged his office faithfully, and not partially as you falsely accuse him.
My servant Moses is not so,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(1.) Moses was a man of great integrity and tried fidelity. He is faithful in all my house. This is put first in his character, because grace excels gifts, love excels knowledge, and sincerity in the service of God puts a greater honour upon a man and recommends him to the divine favour more than learning, abstruse speculations, and an ability to speak with tongues.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Moses - is faithful - נאמן neeman, a prefect or superintendent. So Samuel is termed, 1Sa 2:35; 1Sa 3:20; David is so called, 1Sa 18:27, Neeman, and son-in-law of the king. Job 12:20, speaks of the Neemanim as a name of dignity. It seems also to have been a title of respect given to ambassadors, Pro 13:17; Pro 25:

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Corinthians 4:2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.13 worksHebrews 3:5Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.11 worksHebrews 3:2–6He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.10 worksJoshua 1:1Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,4 worksPsalms 105:26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.4 worksColossians 1:7You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Corinthians 4:17That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.4 worksMatthew 11:11Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.3 works1 Kings 3:6Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.3 worksActs 3:22–23For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.2 works1 Peter 2:4–5As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,2 worksActs 7:31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:2 works1 Timothy 3:15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.2 worksMatthew 11:9What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.2 worksDeuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.2 worksPsalms 103:7He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.2 works2 Kings 18:12This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.2 works2 Timothy 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 4:2

    Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 25:21

      His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

    • Luke 12:42

      And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

    • Luke 16:10–12

      Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

    • Proverbs 13:17

      A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

    • 2 Corinthians 2:17

      For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

  • Through

    Joshua 1:1

    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 34:9

      Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Through

    Matthew 11:11

    Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

    it leads to

    • Luke 7:28

      I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

    • Ephesians 3:8

      Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 9; Clement of Rome, LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 17; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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