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Numbers 12:13

And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

KJV

Clamavitque Moyses ad Dominum, dicens : Deus, obsecro, sana eam.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐβόησεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον λέγων Ὁ θεός, δέομαί σου, ἴασαι αὐτήν.

LXX

And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.

ASV

וַ/יִּצְעַ֣ק מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל יְהוָ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אֵ֕ל נָ֛א רְפָ֥א נָ֖א לָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּצְעַ֥ק
yts'q
verb · 55×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 69×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …
2. But say in a word only, and my servant shall be healed. See this man also, how, like the leper, he has the right opinion touching Him. For neither did this one say, entreat, nor did he say, pray, and beseech, but command only. And then from fear lest out of modesty He refuse, he says, For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this man, go, a…

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:16 — If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for
  • 1Kgs 13:6 — And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king
  • Jas 5:15 — And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
  • Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
  • Luke 6:28 — Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
  • Ps 6:2 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
  • Ps 103:3 — Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
  • Rom 12:21 — Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.