Numbers 12:1

World English Bible (2000)

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:21 : 21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
  • Exod 34:16 : 16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.
  • Lev 21:14 : 14 A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
  • Matt 10:36 : 36 A man's foes will be those of his own household.
  • Matt 12:48 : 48 But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
  • John 7:5 : 5 For even his brothers didn't believe in him.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • Gal 4:16 : 16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
  • Gen 24:37 : 37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
  • Gen 28:6-9 : 6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan," 7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram. 8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father. 9 Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
  • Gen 34:14-15 : 14 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us. 15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
  • Gen 41:45 : 45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 2:16 : 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 12:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2 They said, "Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us?" And Yahweh heard it.

    3 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

    4 Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, "You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!" The three of them came out.

    5 Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.

  • Num 25:6
    72%

    6 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

  • Num 26:59
    71%

    59 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

  • Num 12:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

    11 Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, please don't count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

  • Lev 24:10
    71%

    10 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.

  • Num 12:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "Heal her, God, I beg you!"

    14 Yahweh said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again."

    15 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.

  • Exod 4:14
    70%

    14 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

  • Exod 16:2
    69%

    2 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

  • 1 Chr 6:3
    69%

    3 The children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Num 25:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.

    16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 6:20
    68%

    20 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

  • Num 16:11
    68%

    11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?"

  • Num 20:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

    2 There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

  • Exod 18:2
    68%

    2 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

  • Deut 24:9
    68%

    9 Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came forth out of Egypt.

  • Num 5:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    12 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

  • Num 14:26
    67%

    26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Num 27:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14 because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

    15 Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,

  • Exod 32:21
    66%

    21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"

  • Exod 15:24
    66%

    24 The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

  • Num 16:41
    66%

    41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed Yahweh's people!"

  • Num 12:8
    66%

    8 With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"

  • Exod 2:21
    66%

    21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

  • Mic 6:4
    66%

    4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

  • Exod 6:10
    66%

    10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 4:27
    66%

    27 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.

  • Exod 16:9
    66%

    9 Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.'"

  • Exod 2:15
    65%

    15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

  • Exod 17:3
    65%

    3 The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

  • Num 16:3
    65%

    3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?"

  • Deut 1:27
    65%

    27 and you murmured in your tents, and said, "Because Yahweh hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

  • Lev 24:13
    65%

    13 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Ps 106:32
    65%

    32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

  • Exod 2:11
    65%

    11 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.