KJV King James Version
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
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Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
WEB World English Bible
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
ASV American Standard Version
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Miriam speaketh—Aaron also—against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;
Surrounding context — Numbers 12
1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard [it].
3 (Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)
4 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתְּדַבֵּ֨רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakמִרְיָ֤םH4813 · mir.yamMiriamוְאַהֲרֹן֙H175 · a.ha.ronAaronבְּמֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesעַל־H5921 · aluponאֹד֛וֹתH182 · o.dahbecauseהָאִשָּׁ֥הH802 · ish.shahwomanהַכֻּשִׁ֖יתH3569 · ku.shiEthiopianאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלָקָ֑חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאִשָּׁ֥הH802 · ish.shahwomanכֻשִׁ֖יתH3569 · ku.shiEthiopianלָקָֽח׃H3947 · la.qachto take: take
Cross-references
Exodus 2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.Genesis 26:34-35And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 24:37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:Galatians 4:16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:Genesis 28:6-9When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Matthew 10:36And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.Genesis 34:14-15And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:John 7:5For neither did his brethren believe in him.Exodus 34:16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.Leviticus 21:14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the land of Egypt.Matthew 12:48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.John 15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
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