Numbers 12:4 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 12:4

And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they three came out.

KJV

And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
פִּתְאֹ֗ם	pit.'Om	suddenly	H6597 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֹשֶׁ֤ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וְאֶֽל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
אַהֲרֹן֙	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
מִרְיָ֔ם	mir.Yam	Miriam	H4813 →
צְא֥וּ	tze.'U	come out	H3318 →
שְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶ֖ם	she.la.she.te.Khem	O [the] three of you	H7969 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֹ֣הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵ֑ד	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
וַיֵּצְא֖וּ	vai.ye.tze.'U	and they went out	H3318 →
שְׁלָשְׁתָּֽם׃	she.la.she.Tam	[the] three of them	H7969 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 76:9
when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
leads to
- Zephaniah 2:3
  Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Matthew 5:5
  Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- Psalms 9:7–9
  But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
- Isaiah 11:4
  but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
- Jeremiah 5:28
  They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers