�손 중에 신실함: 민수기 12장에서 배우는 믿음과 신뢰에 관한 교훈
종이신 하나님의 신실한 종이 의심받을 때, 주님은 His 임재를 나타내신다; 우리의 신뢰가 흔들릴 때, His 거룩하심이 우리를 회개로 이끄신다.
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married: “He married a Cushite!” They said, “Has GOD spoken only through Moses—and not through us as well?” GOD heard it. Now Moses himself was very humble, more so than any other human being on earth. Suddenly GOD called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three of them went out. GOD came down in a pillar of cloud, stopped at the entrance of the Tent, and called out, “Aaron and Miriam!” The two of them came forward. “Hear these My words: When prophets of GOD arise among you, I make Myself known to them in a vision, I speak with them in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses; he is trusted throughout My household. With him I speak mouth to mouth, plainly and not in riddles, and he beholds GOD’s likeness. How then did you not shrink from speaking against My servant Moses!” Still incensed with them, GOD departed. As the cloud withdrew from the Tent, there was Miriam stricken with snow-white scales! When Aaron turned toward Miriam, he saw that she was stricken with scales. And Aaron said to Moses, “O my lord, account not to us the sin that we committed in our folly. Let her not be like a stillbirth that emerges from its mother’s womb with half its flesh eaten away!” So Moses cried out to GOD, saying, “O God, pray heal her!” But GOD said to Moses, “If her father spat in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of camp for seven days, and then let her be readmitted.” So Miriam was shut out of camp seven days; and the people did not march on until Miriam was readmitted. After that the people set out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12 describes how Miriam and Aaron challenged Moses' unique role, and how God responded, defending Moses, afflicting Miriam, and yet answering Moses' prayer for her healing. The chapter reveals both the seriousness of mishandling God's servants and the power of prayerful trust.