The Modern Application of an Ancient Incident
Numbers 12:1-2
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.…


I. THE POSSESSION OF THE GREATEST GIFTS DOES NOT EXEMPT MEN FROM THE LIABILITY TO MEANNESS AND SIN.

II. THE MOST EXCELLENT AND EMINENT SERVANTS OF GOD ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE REPROACHES OF MEN.

III. OUR GREATEST TRIALS SOMETIMES ARISE FROM THE MOST UNLIKELY QUARTERS.

IV. THE LORD TAKES COGNISANCE OF THE REPROACHES WHICH ARE CAST UPON HIS SERVANTS.

V. THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD DO WELL IN BEARING PATIENTLY THE REPROACHES WHICH ARE CAST UPON THEM.

(W. Jones.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

WEB: Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.




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