KJV King James Version
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood [in] the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 12:5
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood [in] the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah cometh down in the pillar of the cloud, and standeth at the opening of the tent, and calleth Aaron and Miriam, and they come out both of them.
Surrounding context — Numbers 12
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.
5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood [in] the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
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וַיֵּ֤רֶדH3381 · ya.radto go downיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּעַמּ֣וּדH5982 · am.mudpillarעָנָ֔ןH6051 · a.nancloudוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דH5975 · a.madto stand: standפֶּ֣תַחH6607 · pe.tachentranceהָאֹ֑הֶלH168 · o.heltentוַיִּקְרָא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toאַהֲרֹ֣ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronוּמִרְיָ֔םH4813 · mir.yamMiriamוַיֵּצְא֖וּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃H8147 · she.na.yimtwo
Cross-references
Numbers 11:25And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.Psalm 99:7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.Exodus 40:38For the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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