Bilangan 12:7

12:7 My servant ¹  Moses is not like this; he is faithful ²  in all my house.

Bilangan 17:4

17:4 You must place them ³  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ⁴  where I meet with you.

[12:7]  ¹ sn The title “my servant” or “servant of the Lord” is reserved in the Bible for distinguished personages, people who are truly spiritual leaders, like Moses, David, Hezekiah, and also the Messiah. Here it underscores Moses’ obedience.

[12:7]  ² tn The word “faithful” is נֶאֱמָן (ne’eman), the Niphal participle of the verb אָמַן (’aman). This basic word has the sense of “support, be firm.” In the Niphal it describes something that is firm, reliable, dependable – what can be counted on. It could actually be translated “trustworthy.”

[17:4]  ³ tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.

[17:4]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”