So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!”
- KJV And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
- NKJV So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!”
- NASB So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “God, heal her, please!”
- NLT So Moses cried out to the Lord, “O God, I beg you, please heal her!”
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Quick answer
Moses cries out to God for Miriam's healing. The wronged servant intercedes for those who opposed him.
Overview
Moses, the one slandered, prays simply and earnestly for his sister's healing. His readiness to intercede for his accusers displays the meekness already noted and prefigures Christ, who prayed for those who wronged him (Luke 23:34). Mercy flows through the mediator on behalf of the guilty.
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- Rom 12:21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Luke 6:28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
- Jas 5:15And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
- Num 16:46–50Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
- Num 16:41The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
- Num 14:13–20But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
- 1 Sam 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- Jer 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
- Exod 32:10–14Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Isa 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
- 1 Sam 12:23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
- Num 14:2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
- Matt 5:44–45But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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