Numbers 12:7
New International Version
But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.

New Living Translation
But not with my servant Moses. Of all my house, he is the one I trust.

English Standard Version
Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.

Berean Standard Bible
But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

King James Bible
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

New King James Version
Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house.

New American Standard Bible
It is not this way for My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My household;

NASB 1995
“Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;

NASB 1977
“Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;

Legacy Standard Bible
Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household;

Amplified Bible
“But it is not so with My servant Moses; He is entrusted and faithful in all My house.

Christian Standard Bible
Not so with my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my household.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household.

American Standard Version
My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:

Contemporary English Version
But my servant Moses is the leader of my people.

English Revised Version
My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all mine house:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household.

Good News Translation
It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel.

International Standard Version
But that's not how it is with my servant Moses, since he has been entrusted with my entire household!

Majority Standard Bible
But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

NET Bible
My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

New Heart English Bible
My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

Webster's Bible Translation
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.

World English Bible
My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Not so My servant Moses; He [is] steadfast in all My house.

Young's Literal Translation
not so My servant Moses; in all My house he is stedfast;

Smith's Literal Translation
Not so my servant Moses; he was faithful in all my house.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But it is not so with my servant Moses who is most faithful in all my house:

Catholic Public Domain Version
But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is the most faithful in all my house.

New American Bible
Not so with my servant Moses! Throughout my house he is worthy of trust:

New Revised Standard Version
Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Not so with my servant Moses, who is faithful in all my house.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
My Servant Moshe has not been so, but he is faithful in all my house.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron
6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. 7But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. 8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”…

Cross References
Hebrews 3:2
He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

Exodus 33:11
Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

Deuteronomy 34:10
Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

Hebrews 3:5
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

Exodus 14:31
When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

Psalm 105:26
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

1 Samuel 12:6
Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 12:13
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

John 3:32-34
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. / Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful. / For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Matthew 11:9-11
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. / This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ / Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Acts 7:35
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. / Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

2 Corinthians 3:7-11
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! ...

2 Peter 1:21
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.


Treasury of Scripture

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.

my servant

Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Psalm 105:26
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

Matthew 11:9,11
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet…

faithful

1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

1 Timothy 3:15
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Hebrews 3:2-6
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house…

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1. God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and Aaron
11. Miriam's leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses
14. God commands her to be shut out of the host
16. The people encamp in the desert of Paran














My servant Moses
This phrase emphasizes the unique relationship between God and Moses. The term "servant" in Hebrew is "ebed," which denotes a position of honor and trust. Moses is not just any servant; he is God's chosen leader for Israel. Historically, Moses' role as a servant is unparalleled, as he is the mediator of the Old Covenant and the lawgiver. This designation underscores Moses' faithfulness and the special revelation he received from God.

is not so
This phrase contrasts Moses with others, specifically Aaron and Miriam in the context of Numbers 12. The Hebrew word "ken" (so) implies a standard or norm. God is making it clear that Moses' relationship with Him is distinct and not like that of other prophets or leaders. This distinction is crucial in understanding the authority and reverence Moses commands.

he is faithful
The Hebrew word for "faithful" is "ne'eman," which conveys reliability and trustworthiness. Moses' faithfulness is a testament to his unwavering commitment to God's commands and his leadership over Israel. This characteristic is essential for his role, as it ensures that he is a reliable conduit for God's will and instructions.

in all My house
The term "house" in Hebrew is "bayit," which can refer to a physical dwelling or, metaphorically, to a household or family. Here, it signifies the entire community of Israel, God's chosen people. Moses' faithfulness "in all My house" indicates his comprehensive responsibility and leadership over the nation. It highlights the trust God places in Moses to guide His people according to divine will.

(7) My servant Moses . . . --Better, Not so (in regard to) my servant Moses; he is faithful. Reference is made to these words in Hebrews 3:5 : "And Moses verily was faithful in all his house," i.e., in the whole of the Mosaic economy or dispensation, or the house of Israel, which is spoken of as God's house. A contrast is drawn in Numbers 12:6 between the vocation of Moses as a servant in the house of God and that of Christ as a Son over His own house.

Verse 7. - My servant Moses is not so. No words could more clearly and sharply draw the distinction between Moses and the whole laudabilis numerus of the prophets. It is strange that, in the face of a statement so general and so emphatic, it should have been doubted whether it applied to such prophets as Isaiah or Daniel. It was exactly in "visions" and in "dreams," i.e., under the peculiar psychological conditions so-called, that these greatest of prophets received their revelations from heaven. The exceeding richness and wonder of some of these revelations did not alter the mode in which they were received, nor raise them out of the ordinary conditions of the gradus propheticus. As prophets of future things they were much greater than Moses, and their writings may be to us far more precious; but that does not concern the present question, which turns exclusively upon the relation between the Divine Giver and the human receiver of the revelation. If words mean anything, the assertion here is that Moses stood on an altogether different footing from the "prophet of the Lord" in respect of the communications which he received from the Lord. It is this essential superiority of position on the part of Moses which alone gives force and meaning to the important declarations of Deuteronomy 18:15; John 1:21 b.; John 6:14; 7:40, etc. Moses had no successor in his relations with God until that Son of man came, who was "in heaven" all the time he walked and spake on earth. Who is faithful in all mine house, נֶאֶמָן with בּ means to be proved, or attested, and so established (cf. 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 22:14). The Septuagint gives the true sense, ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ μου πιστός, and so it is quoted in the Epistle to the Hebrews (chapter 3:2). The "house" of God, as the adjective "whole" shows, is not the tabernacle, but the house of Israel; the' word "house" standing for household, family, nation, as so often in the sacred writings (see Genesis 46:27; Leviticus 10:6; Hebrews 3:6).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

so
כֵ֖ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

with My servant
עַבְדִּ֣י (‘aḇ·dî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

Moses;
מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

he
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is faithful
נֶאֱמָ֥ן (ne·’ĕ·mān)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 539: To confirm, support

in all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

My house.
בֵּיתִ֖י (bê·ṯî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1004: A house


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