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Of all my house, he is the one I trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />My servant Moses <i>is</i> not so, who <i>is</i> faithful in all mine house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Not so with My servant Moses; He <i>is</i> faithful in all My house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“<i>It is</i> not this way <i>for</i> My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My household;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But it is not so with My servant Moses; He is entrusted <i>and</i> faithful in all My house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Not so with my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But my servant Moses is the leader of my people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all mine house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But that's not how it is with my servant Moses, since he has been entrusted with my entire household! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Not so My servant Moses; He [is] steadfast in all My house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> not so My servant Moses; in all My house he is stedfast;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Not so my servant Moses; he was faithful in all my house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But it is not so with my servant Moses who is most faithful in all my house: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is the most faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Not so with my servant Moses! Throughout my house he is worthy of trust: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Not so with my servant Moses, who is faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My Servant Moshe has not been so, but he is faithful in all my house.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />My servant Moses <i>is</i> not so; he is faithful in all my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/12-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3920" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/12.htm">The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">But this is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">so</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">with My servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: ne·’ĕ·mān (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To confirm, support. ">is faithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">My house.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-2.htm">Hebrews 3:2</a></span><br />He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a></span><br />Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-10.htm">Deuteronomy 34:10</a></span><br />Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Hebrews 3:5</a></span><br />Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31</a></span><br />When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-26.htm">Psalm 105:26</a></span><br />He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-6.htm">1 Samuel 12:6</a></span><br />Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-13.htm">Hosea 12:13</a></span><br />But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-32.htm">John 3:32-34</a></span><br />He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. / Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful. / For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-15.htm">John 15:15</a></span><br />No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-9.htm">Matthew 11:9-11</a></span><br />What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. / This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ / Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-35.htm">Acts 7:35</a></span><br />This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-1.htm">1 Corinthians 4:1-2</a></span><br />So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. / Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-11</a></span><br />Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/1-21.htm">2 Peter 1:21</a></span><br />For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.</p><p class="hdg">my servant</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/18-18.htm">Deuteronomy 18:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-26.htm">Psalm 105:26</a></b></br> He sent Moses his servant; <i>and</i> Aaron whom he had chosen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/11-9.htm">Matthew 11:9,11</a></b></br> But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet… </p><p class="hdg">faithful</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/4-2.htm">1 Corinthians 4:2</a></b></br> Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">1 Timothy 3:15</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/3-2.htm">Hebrews 3:2-6</a></b></br> Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses <i>was faithful</i> in all his house… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/6-2.htm">Entrusted</a> <a href="/numbers/10-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/2-34.htm">Household</a> <a href="/exodus/14-31.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/numbers/11-23.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-5.htm">Trusted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/22-7.htm">Entrusted</a> <a href="/numbers/17-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/17-2.htm">Household</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-32.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">True.</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Trusted</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Miriam's leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/12-14.htm">God commands her to be shut out of the host</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/12-16.htm">The people encamp in the desert of Paran</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But this is not so with My servant Moses;</b><br>In this passage, God distinguishes Moses from other prophets. While God communicated with prophets through visions and dreams, Moses had a unique relationship with God, speaking to Him face to face (<a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6-8</a>). This sets Moses apart as a central figure in the Old Testament, serving as a mediator between God and Israel. The term "servant" highlights Moses' role as a humble and obedient leader, reminiscent of other key figures like David (<a href="/psalms/89-20.htm">Psalm 89:20</a>) and ultimately pointing to Jesus Christ, who is referred to as the Servant of the Lord in <a href="/isaiah/42.htm">Isaiah 42:1</a>.<p><b>he is faithful</b><br>Moses' faithfulness is a key theme in his leadership. Despite the challenges and rebellions he faced, Moses remained steadfast in his commitment to God's commands. This faithfulness is echoed in the New Testament, where Moses is compared to Jesus in <a href="/hebrews/3-2.htm">Hebrews 3:2</a>, emphasizing that both were faithful to God. Moses' faithfulness serves as a model for believers, illustrating the importance of perseverance and obedience in one's spiritual journey.<p><b>in all My house.</b><br>The phrase "in all My house" refers to the community of Israel, which Moses led out of Egypt and through the wilderness. The "house" can also symbolize God's covenant people, over whom Moses had authority as a leader and lawgiver. This concept is expanded in the New Testament, where the "house" of God includes all believers, with Jesus as the head (<a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a>). Moses' role in God's house prefigures Christ's ultimate leadership and faithfulness over the spiritual house of God, the Church.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>A central figure in the Old Testament, Moses is chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. He is described as faithful in all God's house, indicating his unique relationship with God and his role as a prophet and leader.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/miriam_and_aaron.htm">Miriam and Aaron</a></b><br>Siblings of Moses who challenge his authority in <a href="/bsb/numbers/12.htm">Numbers 12</a>. Their questioning of Moses' leadership prompts God's response, highlighting Moses' unique status.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_house.htm">God's House</a></b><br>Refers to the community of Israel, God's chosen people. Moses' faithfulness is emphasized in the context of his leadership over this community.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tent_of_meeting.htm">The Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>The place where God communicates with Moses, symbolizing God's presence and the special relationship Moses has with Him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/theophany.htm">Theophany</a></b><br>An event where God appears to humans. In <a href="/bsb/numbers/12.htm">Numbers 12</a>, God appears in a pillar of cloud to address the rebellion of Miriam and Aaron.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_leadership.htm">Faithfulness in Leadership</a></b><br>Moses is a model of faithfulness in leadership. His example challenges us to be faithful in the roles and responsibilities God has given us, whether in our families, workplaces, or communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_choice.htm">God's Sovereign Choice</a></b><br>God chooses whom He will for His purposes. Moses' selection as a leader reminds us to respect God's choices and the authorities He establishes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intimacy_with_god.htm">Intimacy with God</a></b><br>Moses' relationship with God was marked by direct communication. We are encouraged to seek a deeper relationship with God through prayer and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/handling_criticism.htm">Handling Criticism</a></b><br>Moses faced criticism from those closest to him. His response, and God's defense of him, teaches us to trust God to vindicate us when we face unjust criticism.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_and_meekness.htm">Humility and Meekness</a></b><br>Despite his high status, Moses is described as very humble. We are called to emulate this humility in our walk with God and interactions with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/theme_of_'clouds_without_water'.htm">What defines being a servant to everyone?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_serving_everyone.htm">What defines being a servant to everyone?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_highlight_rechabites'_unique_obedience.htm">Jeremiah 35:14 – Why does this narrative emphasize the Rechabites’ obedience as exceptional, when the broader biblical context frequently speaks of faithful believers? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_non-levites_handle_the_ark.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:2, where David insists only the Levites may carry the Ark, how do we reconcile this claim with any instances where non-Levites handled it or transported it in other texts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">My servant Moses . . . --</span>Better, <span class= "ital">Not so </span>(<span class= "ital">in regard to</span>)<span class= "ital"> my servant Moses; he is faithful. </span>Reference is made to these words in <a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm" title="And Moses truly was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;">Hebrews 3:5</a> : "And Moses verily was faithful in all his house," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>in the whole of the Mosaic economy or dispensation, or the house of Israel, which is spoken of as God's house. A contrast is drawn in <a href="/numbers/12-6.htm" title="And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.">Numbers 12:6</a> between the vocation of Moses as a servant <span class= "ital">in </span>the house of God and that of Christ as a Son <span class= "ital">over </span>His own house.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My servant Moses is not so.</span> No words could more clearly and sharply draw the distinction between Moses and the whole <span class="accented">laudabilis numerus</span> of the prophets. It is strange that, in the face of a statement so general and so emphatic, it should have been doubted whether it applied to such prophets as Isaiah or Daniel. It was exactly in "visions" and in "dreams," <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, under the peculiar psychological conditions so-called, that these greatest of prophets received their revelations from heaven. The exceeding richness and wonder of some of these revelations did not alter the mode in which they were received, nor raise them out of the ordinary conditions of the <span class="accented">gradus propheticus.</span> As prophets of future things they were much greater than Moses, and their writings may be to us far more precious; but that does not concern the present question, which turns exclusively upon the relation between the Divine Giver and the human receiver of the revelation. If words mean anything, the assertion here is that Moses stood on an altogether different footing from the "prophet of the Lord" in respect of the communications which he received from the Lord. It is this essential superiority of position on the part of Moses which alone gives force and meaning to the important declarations of <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Deuteronomy 18:15</a>; <a href="/john/1-21.htm">John 1:21</a> b.; John 6:14; 7:40, etc. Moses had <span class="accented">no</span> successor in his relations with God until that Son of man came, who was "in heaven" all the time he walked and spake on earth. <span class="cmt_word">Who is</span> <span class="cmt_word">faithful in all mine house,</span> <span class="hebrew">נֶאֶמָן</span> with <span class="hebrew">בּ</span> means to be proved, or attested, and so established (cf. <a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/22-14.htm">1 Samuel 22:14</a>). The Septuagint gives the true sense, <span class="greek">ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ μου πιστός</span>, and so it is quoted in the Epistle to the Hebrews (chapter 3:2). The "house" of God, as the adjective "whole" shows, is not the tabernacle, but the house of Israel; the' word "house" standing for household, family, nation, as so often in the sacred writings (see <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Genesis 46:27</a>; <a href="/leviticus/10-6.htm">Leviticus 10:6</a>; <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/12-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with My servant</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses;</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he</span><br /><span class="heb">הֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is faithful</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶאֱמָ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(ne·’ĕ·mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> </span><span class="str2">To confirm, support</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My house.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּיתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/12-7.htm">OT Law: Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not so (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 12:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 12:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/12-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 12:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 12:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>