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Heb 3:5. Καὶ, and) Another reason for the superiority of Christ to Moses.-θεράπων, servant) So the LXX., Num 12:7. This intimates the excellence of Moses in comparison with all other prophets; but again it speaks of Moses as inferior to Christ the Lord.-εἰς, for) He was a servant, in order that testimony should be given by him.-τῶν λαληθησομένων, of those things which were to be spoken) which Moses was to speak (ch. Heb 9:19), chiefly of Christ; and subsequently Christ Himself was about to speak. In ch. Heb 9:19, there is a verbal parallelism, which however at the same time infers a like reason, viz. what Moses, in accordance with the time, Numbers 12, both had spoken and was about to speak. Miriam did not assail the authority of Moses respecting the past; but she wished to claim just as much for herself for the future, on account of certain past specimens (of God speaking by her and Aaron).