So Moses cried out to the Lord, “O God, I beg you, 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.
- BSB So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
- 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!”
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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 12:21Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Luke 6:28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
- Jas 5:15and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
- Num 16:46–50Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
- Num 16:41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”
- Num 14:13–20Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.
- 1 Sam 15:11“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
- Jer 17:14Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
- Exod 32:10–14Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.”
- Isa 30:26Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
- 1 Sam 12:23Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
- Luke 23:34Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
- Num 14:2All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!
- Matt 5:44–45But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
- Acts 7:60He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
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