Numbers 12:3

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(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

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  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,
  • Jas 3:2-3 : 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well. 3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • Num 11:10-15 : 10 Moses’ Complaint to the Lord Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased. 11 And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? 12 Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me,‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers? 13 From where shall I get meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me,‘Give us meat, that we may eat!’ 14 I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me! 15 But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”
  • Num 20:10-12 : 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them,“Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?” 11 Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too. 12 The Lord’s Judgment Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,“Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”
  • Ps 106:32-33 : 32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them, 33 for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  • Matt 21:5 : 5 “Tell the people of Zion,‘Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Paul’s Authority from the Lord Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ(I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!)–

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  • Num 12:1-2
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    1Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married(for he had married an Ethiopian woman).

    2They said,“Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard it.

  • Exod 11:3
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    3(Now the LORD granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)

  • Num 12:4
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    4The Response of the Lord The LORD spoke immediately to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam:“The three of you come to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went.

  • Num 12:7-8
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    7My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

    8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

  • Num 27:15
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    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

  • Num 16:3-4
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    3And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them,“You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the LORD.

    4When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.

  • Heb 12:21
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    21In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”

  • Num 14:5
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    5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.

  • Num 14:13
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    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

  • Exod 3:1
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    1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

  • Deut 34:10-12
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    10No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.

    11He did all the signs and wonders the LORD had sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, all his servants, and the whole land,

    12and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel.

  • Lev 24:13
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    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Acts 7:22
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    22So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

  • Num 16:23
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    23So the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 33:11-12
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    11The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

    12Moses said to the LORD,“See, you have been saying to me,‘Bring this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said,‘I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.’

  • Heb 3:2-3
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    2who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house.

    3For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

  • Exod 34:8
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    8Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped

  • Heb 3:5
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    5Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

  • Num 11:29-30
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    29Moses said to him,“Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”

    30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

  • Num 13:1
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    1Spies Sent Out The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:26
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    26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 3:1
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    1The Sons of Aaron Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

  • Ps 106:16
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    16In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.

  • Exod 19:3
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    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:

  • Num 25:10
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    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 16:44
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    44The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 24:2
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    2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”

  • Num 15:17
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    17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 20:6-7
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    6Moses Responds So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

    7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 3:4
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    4When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”

  • Exod 34:30
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    30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.

  • Exod 24:18
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    18Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 24:13
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    13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.

  • Acts 7:37
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    37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

  • Acts 7:31
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    31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Num 16:16
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    16Then Moses said to Korah,“You and all your company present yourselves before the LORD– you and they, and Aaron– tomorrow.

  • 1 Chr 23:14
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    14The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

  • Num 25:16
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    16Then the LORD spoke to Moses: