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Numbers 12:3

Moses
HumilityIntegrity

1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

2 “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

4 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

5 and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

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BSB
Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
KJV
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
WEB
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
ASV
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
DARBY
But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.
BLB
And the man Moses [was] very humble, more than all men who [were] on the face of the earth.
ÅB
Men Moses var en meget saktmodig mann, mere enn alle mennesker på jorden.
OTB
(Moses var en meget ydmyk mann, mer enn noen annen på jordens overflate.)
B1930
Men Moses var en meget saktmodig mann, mere enn alle mennesker på jorden.

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