Numbers 12 · Verse 7

Numbers 12:7

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
Numbers 12:7, King James Version

Numbers 12:7 in other translations

BSBBut this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
WEBMy servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
ASVMy servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:
YLTnot so My servant Moses; in all My house he is stedfast;
DARBYNot so my servant Moses: he is faithful in all my house.
BBEMy servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:
WebsterMy servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.

What does Numbers 12:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 12:6-7

6-7. Hear now my words--A difference of degree is here distinctly expressed in the gifts and authority even of divinely commissioned prophets. Moses, having been set over all God's house, (that is, His church and people), was consequently invested with supremacy over Miriam and Aaron also and privileged beyond all others by direct and clear manifestations of the presence and will of God.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Moses - is faithful - נאמן neeman, a prefect or superintendent. So Samuel is termed, 1Sam 2:35; 1Sam 3:20; David is so called, 1Sam 18:27, Neeman, and son-in-law of the king. Job 12:20, speaks of the Neemanim as a name of dignity. It seems also to have been a title of respect given to ambassadors, Pro 13:17; Pro 25:13. Calmet well observes that the word fidelity is often used for an employ, office, or dignity, and refers to 1Chr 9:22, 1Chr 9:26, 1Chr 9:31; 2Chr 31:12, 2Chr 31:15; 2Chr 34:12, etc. Moses was a faithful, well-tried servant in the house of God, and therefore he uses him as a familiar, and puts confidence in him.

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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 12:7 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.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
כֵ֖ןkhenthusH3651
עַבְדִּ֣י'av.Diservant myH5650
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
בֵּיתִ֖יbei.Tihouse myH1004
נֶאֱמָ֥ןne.'e.Man[is] faithfulH539
הֽוּא\׃Hu'heH1931

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Cross references for Numbers 12:7

  • Hebrews 3:2-6

    Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; …

  • Joshua 1:1

    Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,

  • Psalms 105:26

    He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:2

    Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

  • Matthew 11:11

    Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • 1 Timothy 3:15

    But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

  • Acts 7:31

    When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

  • Acts 3:22-23

    For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

  • Matthew 11:9

    But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

  • Deuteronomy 18:18

    I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

  • 1 Peter 2:4-5

    To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My servant.
De 18:18; Ps 105:26; Mt 11:9,11; Ac 3:22,23; 7:31
faithful.
1Co 4:2; 1Ti 3:15; Heb 3:2-6; 1Pe 2:4,5

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Context

  • 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.

  • Numbers 12:7

    My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

  • Numbers 12:8

    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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Numbers 12:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No así á mi siervo Moisés, que es fiel en toda mi casa:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il n’en est pas ainsi de mon serviteur Moïse, qui est fidèle dans toute ma maison;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Nicht also mein Knecht Mose. Er ist treu in meinem ganzen Hause;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At non talis servus meus Moyses, qui in omni domo mea fidelissimus est: