His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
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His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
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And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
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Passages linked to Exodus 2:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 26:59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- Exodus 15:20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
- Micah 6:4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
- Numbers 20:1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 12:1-15 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. They said, “Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And Yahweh heard it. Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth. Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came out. Yahweh 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. He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house. With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?” Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed. The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned. Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!” Yahweh said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.” Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to…
Exo 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
Ver. 4. And his sister.] By a singular instinct of the Holy Spirit, as appears by the event. "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord." {Psa 37:23} "He keepeth the feet of his saints." {1Sa 2:9}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His sister stood afar off, that she might not…
His sister stood afar off, that she might not be thought to have laid the child there, or to be related to it. This she might very probably guess, both from the circumstances in which she found him, and from the singular fairness and beauty of the child, far differing from the Egyptian hue; and she might certainly know it by its circumcision.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And his sister stood afar off,.... This was Miriam,…
And his sister stood afar off,.... This was Miriam, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; who is supposed to be about ten or twelve years of age, others say seven: she was placed (e), as the word may be rendered, by her parents, or, "she placed herself" (f), by their instruction, at some distance from the place where the ark was, that she might not be observed and be thought to belong to it, and yet so near as to observe what became of it, which was the intent of her standing there, as follows:
to wit what would be done to him; to know, take notice, and observe, what should happen to it, if anyone took it up, and what they did with it, and where they carried it, for, "to wit" is an old English word, which signifies "to know", and is the sense of the Hebrew word to which it answers, see Co2 8:1.
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(e) "collocata fuerat", Vatablus. (f) "Stiterat sese", Junius & Tremellius, "stitit sese", Piscator, Drusius.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain His sister, Mary, who was born at the beginning…
His sister, Mary, who was born at the beginning of this persecution, and was therefore called bitterness. (Haydock) --- She was about 12 years old. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain his sister--Miriam would probably be a girl of ten…
his sister--Miriam would probably be a girl of ten or twelve years of age at the time.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. His sister — Probably Miriam, who is the…
4. His sister — Probably Miriam, who is the only sister named in the history. Num_26:59. The mother has now exhausted all her skill; she can think of but one thing more — to station Miriam afar off. And now, if ever, JAHVEH-JIREH, “The Lord will provide.” Gen_22:14.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. stood] took her stand (Exo_19:17).
4. stood] took her stand (Exo_19:17).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) His sister.—Presumably Miriam, the only sister of Moses…
(4) His sister.—Presumably Miriam, the only sister of Moses mentioned elsewhere (Exo_15:20-21; Num_26:59). To have taken the part which is assigned her in this chapter, she must have been a girl of some fourteen or fifteen years of age, and possessed of much quickness and intelligence.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain His sister. There can be no reasonable doubt that…
His sister. There can be no reasonable doubt that this is the "Miriam" of the later narrative (Exo_15:20, Exo_15:21; Num_20:1) who seems to have been Moses" only sister. (Num_26:59) She was probably set to watch by her mother.
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