Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed.
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Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed.
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and He departed.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Numbers 12:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 17:22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- Numbers 11:1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
- Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 12:9 And the anger of the LORD was…
Num 12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
Ver. 9. And he departed.] Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them; {Hos 9:12} then all evils come in as by a sluice. The final absence of God is hell itself.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain From the door of the tabernacle, in token of…
From the door of the tabernacle, in token of his great displeasure, not waiting for their answer, and judging them unworthy of any further discourse.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the anger of the Lord was kindled against…
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them,.... Which might be visible by some outward token, as by lightning from the cloud, or, however, what follows was sufficient to show it:
and he departed; from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, where he had stood in the pillar of cloud for some time; but as soon as he had given his testimony of Moses, and expressed his displeasure at Aaron and Miriam, he went away directly from them; not staying to hear what they had to say for themselves, which was a plain indication of his anger against them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He departed - From the door of the tabernacle,…
He departed - From the door of the tabernacle, in token of his great displeasure, not waiting for their answer. The removal of God~s presence from us, is the saddest token of his displeasure. And he never departs, till we by our sin and folly drive him from us.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 12:9. He departed — From the door of…
Num 12:9. He departed — From the door of the tabernacle, in token of his great displeasure; not waiting for their answer. The removal of God’s presence from us is the saddest token of his displeasure. And he never departs till we, by our sin and folly, drive him from us.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain MIRIAM PUNISHED, Num_12:9-15.
MIRIAM PUNISHED, Num_12:9-15.
9. He departed — Phraseology importing that the Lord withdrew all manifestation of his presence when the cloud departed from the tabernacle.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he departed. As a judge departs from his…
And he departed. As a judge departs from his judgment-seat after trying and convicting evil-doers.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Yahweh's anger burned against them
Yahweh's anger burned against them
Yahweh's anger is spoken of as if it were a fire. AT: "Yahweh became very angry with them" (See: Metaphor)
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was as white as snow
Leprosy turned Miriam's skin white. AT: "became very white" (See: Simile)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:9-16 Miriam bore the brunt of God’s wrath (see…
12:9-16 Miriam bore the brunt of God’s wrath (see study note on 12:1-2). Once Aaron saw what had happened to her, he admitted his error and sought Moses’ intercession (cp. 11:2). Both Moses and the Lord accepted Aaron’s confession.
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