{"id":6253,"date":"2015-01-19T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T08:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2015-01-18T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T23:12:46","slug":"big-sister-and-little-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/01\/19\/big-sister-and-little-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Sister and Little Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Moses was the most humble person in all the world, Miriam and Aaron started complaining, \u201cMoses had no right to marry that woman from Ethiopia! Who does he think he is? The LORD has spoken to us, not just to him.\u201d <\/p>\n

The LORD heard their complaint and told Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to come to the entrance of the sacred tent. There the LORD appeared in a cloud and told Aaron and Miriam to come closer. Then after commanding them to listen carefully, he said: <\/p>\n

\u201cI, the LORD, speak to prophets
\nin visions and dreams.
\nBut my servant Moses
\nis the leader of my people.
\nHe sees me face to face,
\nand everything I say to him
\nis perfectly clear.
\nYou have no right to criticize
\nmy servant Moses.\u201d <\/p>\n

The LORD became angry at Aaron and Miriam. And after the LORD left and the cloud disappeared from over the sacred tent, Miriam\u2019s skin turned white with leprosy. When Aaron saw what had happened to her, he said to Moses, \u201cSir, please don\u2019t punish us for doing such a foolish thing. Don\u2019t let Miriam\u2019s flesh rot away like a child born dead!\u201d <\/p>\n

Moses prayed, \u201cLORD God, please heal her.\u201d <\/p>\n

But the LORD replied, \u201cMiriam would be disgraced for seven days if her father had punished her by spitting in her face. So make her stay outside the camp for seven days, before coming back.\u201d (Numbers 12:1-14)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just who did Moses think he was? Zipporah had been Moses\u2019 wife when he returned to Egypt. Whether she had died, whether Moses had divorced her, or whether Moses was adding a second wife to his household is unknown. For some reason, Miriam and Aaron thought Moses had no right to marry the Ethiopian woman. By claiming that God spoke to them, too, they meant to imply that God agreed with them.<\/p>\n

God told Moses\u2019 siblings that they had no business claiming to be speaking for God when they weren\u2019t. God told them that he and Moses spent a lot of time together, the implication being that he didn\u2019t spend that kind of time with them.<\/p>\n

Moses\u2019 sister Miriam was singled out for punishment. Perhaps she was the ringleader. In any case, God gave her leprosy which turned her as white as snow. Perhaps she had objected to Moses\u2019 nuptials on the basis of his future wife\u2019s skin color. So God turned her exceptionally white since she seemed so fond of that color. Her punishment was only temporary. God healed her within a week.
\nGod will protect his own. If God is for us, who can be against us? Even our closest families members can\u2019t stand in God\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

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