Numbers 12 · Verse 5

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.
Numbers 12:5, King James Version

Numbers 12:5 in other translations

BSBand 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,
WEBThe LORD 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd Jehovah came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
BBEAnd the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Numbers 12:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood the door of the tabernacle--without gaining admission, as was the usual privilege of Aaron, though it was denied to all other men and women. This public exclusion was designed to be a token of the divine displeasure.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 12:1-9

The patience of Moses was tried in his own family, as well as by the people. The pretence was, that he had married a foreign wife; but probably their pride was hurt, and their envy stirred up, by his superior authority. Opposition from our near relations, and from religious friends, is most painful. But this is to be looked for, and it will be well if in such circumstances we can preserve the gentleness and meekness…

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Numbers 12:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֤רֶדvai.Ye.redand he came downH3381
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּעַמּ֣וּדbe.'a.Mudin a pillar ofH5982
עָנָ֔ן'a.NancloudH6051
וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.Modand he stoodH5975
פֶּ֣תַחPe.tach[the] entrance ofH6607
הָאֹ֑הֶלha.'O.helthe tentH168
וַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
אַהֲרֹ֣ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וּמִרְיָ֔םu.mir.Yamand MiriamH4813
וַיֵּצְא֖וּvai.ye.tze.'Uand they went outH3318
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם\׃she.nei.Hemboth of themH8147

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 12:5

  • Numbers 11:25

    And 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 34:5

    And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

  • Psalms 99:7

    He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

  • Exodus 40:38

    For 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:25; Ex 34:5; 40:38; Ps 99:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 12:4

    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.

  • 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.

  • Numbers 12:6

    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.

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Numbers 12:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Jehová descendió en la columna de la nube, y púsose á la puerta del tabernáculo, y llamó á Aarón y á María; y salieron ellos ambos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel descendit dans la colonne de nuée, et se tint à l’entrée de la tente; et il appela Aaron et Marie, et ils sortirent eux deux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova kam in der Wolkensäule hernieder und stand an dem Eingang des Zeltes; und er rief Aaron und Mirjam, und die beiden traten hinaus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		descendit Dominus in columna nubis, et stetit in introitu tabernaculi, vocans Aaron et Mariam. Qui cum issent,