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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 12:3 - 12:3
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the man Moses was very meek - (Exo 14:13; Exo 32:12, Exo 32:13; Num 14:13; Num 21:7; Deu 9:18). This observation might have been made to account for Moses taking no notice of their angry reproaches and for God’s interposing so speedily for the vindication of His servant’s cause. The circumstance of Moses recording an eulogium on a distinguishing excellence of his own character is not without a parallel among the sacred writers, when forced to it by the insolence and contempt of opponents (2Co 11:5; 2Co 12:11, 2Co 12:12). But it is not improbable that, as this verse appears to be a parenthesis, it may have been inserted as a gloss by Ezra or some later prophet. Others, instead of “very meek,” suggest “very afflicted,” as the proper rendering.