1 Miriam and Aaron were critical of Moses because of his Ethiopian12:1. "Ethiopian": literally, "Cushite," referring to the land southeast of Egypt. wife—he’d married an Ethiopian woman. 2 "Is it only through Moses that the Lord speaks?" they asked. "Doesn’t he speak through us too?" The Lord heard all this.
3 Moses was a very humble man, more than anyone else on earth.
8 I talk to him personally, face to face. I speak plainly, not in riddles. He sees the likeness of the Lord. So why weren’t you afraid when you criticized my servant Moses?"