...meekness is seldom visible in any one person. Of Moses we thus read, Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. The consciences of those that knew him appealed to, he will be acknowledged amongst the meekest of...

...Aaron and Miriam, is mentioned in the verse which follows the text. " Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth." Some suppose that this verse was not written by Moses, but added by Ezra, or some of the prophets who...

...that spirit of meekness, which dwelt in Moses. For in this also we are told that he stood alone, " above all the men that were upon the face of the earth *." And it is too rare and singular a quality in the heart of fallen man, for us not to anticipate...

...When I read,' says Mr. Payne, ' the character given in Scripture of Moses, that " he was very meek above all the men that were upon the face of the earth," and that given to Nathaniel by our Saviour, that " he was an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guilo...

...day, who in the original narrative has introduced the observation, " Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth."} Nor needed Moses take any part in the matter, for the Divine Voice, without any previous communication...

...day, some one has introduced into the original the observation : " Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth."* his authority was nevertheless vindicated. We are not told that he himself attempted to refute the...

...conquering to conquer. Moses was famed for meekness, as it is written," Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth " (Numbers xii. 3) ; but his meekness gave way when he cried out in anger, "Hear now, ye rebels, must...

...Peter is found a coward. The wise Solomon plays the fool. Moses, the man of God, who was very meek above all the men that were upon the face of the earth, fails under the influence of turbulent passion and ungoverned rage. The holy Moses, to whom God himself...

...Yet, so completely had he the control of himself, that it is recorded of him, that he was very meek above all the men that were upon the face of the earth, Numb. xii. 3. Moses was a man in whom we should naturally expect to see symptoms of pride. Brought...

...Moses only ? hath he not spoken by us also? And the LORD heard it. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.) And the LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out ye three to the tent of...