New English Translation
Numbers 12:6
6The Lord said, “Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream.
Numbers 12:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)he said, “Listen to my words: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Numbers 12:6
4The Lord spoke immediately to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: “The three of you come to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went. 5And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. The Lord said, “Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream. 7My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. 8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
Read all of Numbers 12Numbers 12:6 word by word
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א דְבָרָ֑י אִם־יִֽהְיֶה֙ נְבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם יְהוָ֗ה בַּמַּרְאָה֙ אֵלָ֣יו אֶתְוַדָּ֔ע בַּחֲל֖וֹם אֲדַבֶּר־בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- now my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- If there be a prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- will make myself knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- unto him in a visionמַרְאָהmar'âh · visionH4759
- will speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- unto him in a dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
Cross-references for Numbers 12:6
- Genesis 20:7But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”
- Exodus 7:1So the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Psalms 105:15saying,“Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
- Matthew 23:31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
- Ephesians 4:11It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
- Revelation 11:3And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.
- Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”
- Genesis 46:2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”
- Job 4:13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,
- Job 33:15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.
- Psalms 89:19Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.
- Ezekiel 1:1In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.
- Daniel 8:2In this vision I saw myself in Susa the citadel, which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal.
- Daniel 10:8I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.
- Luke 1:11An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.
Commentaries on Numbers 12:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6If there be a prophet - We see here the different ways in which God usually made himself known to the prophets, viz., by visions - emblematic appearances, and by dreams, in which the future was announced by dark speeches, בחידת bechidoth, by enigmas or figurative representations, Numbers 12:8. But to Moses God had communicated himself in a different way - he spoke to him face to face, apparently, showing him his glory: not in dark or enigmatical speeches…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-15Verses 1-15 Miriam, as a prophetess (compare Exodus 15:20-21) no less than as the sister of Moses and Aaron, took the first rank among the women of Israel; and Aaron may be regarded as the ecclesiastical head of the whole nation. But instead of being grateful for these high dignities they challenged the special vocation of Moses and the exclusive authority which God had assigned to him. Miriam was the instigator, from the fact that her name stands…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The Lord trusted Moses, leading to a close relationship. God communicated with prophets through visions and dreams, but he spoke to Moses face to face (literally mouth to mouth; see Exodus 33:8–11, 18–23; Deuteronomy 34:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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