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Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
Response to Opposition
Numbers 12:1-16
Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
Num 12:1  Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 
Num 12:2  So they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?" And the LORD heard it. 
Num 12:3  (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.) 
Num 12:4  Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!" So the three came out. 
Num 12:5  Then the LORD came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. 
Num 12:6  Then He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. 
Num 12:7  Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. 
Num 12:8  I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?" 
Num 12:9  So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed. 
Num 12:10  And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. 
Num 12:11  So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. 
Num 12:12  Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb!" 
Num 12:13  So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please heal her, O God, I pray!" 
Num 12:14  Then the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again." 
Num 12:15  So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. 
Num 12:16  And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. 

1. What reason does the text give initially for Miriam and Aaron’s resentment of Moses?
2.What was the real reason behind their resentment?
3. What did God do immediately in response to Miriam and Aaron’s words against Moses?
4. How did the Lord show His presence to Aaron, Miriam, and Moses?
5. How did God say He typically spoke with prophets?
6. How did God say He spoke with Moses?
7. In what way did God punish Miriam?
8. How did Aaron respond when he saw Miriam with leprosy?
9. How did God answer Moses’ prayer on behalf of Miriam?
10. How was God gracious to Miriam even in her judgment?


Exodus 15:20
Numbers 20:1
2Peter 2:10
Hebrews 3:1
2Peter 1:21 b
Numbers 16:41-42


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