God Has a Sense of Humor

Numbers 12 records that Miriam and Aaron “spoke” against Moses saying that they were equal to him in being Prophet’s.

That’s what it looked like on the surface but the divine record reveals something about their hearts. Moses had married a Cushite woman and they didn’t like her. The ancient land of Cush is today’s Ethiopia. Now if the people of Cush resembled the people of Ethiopia today then they were black people and the rest of the story confirms that.

Miriam and Aaron didn’t like Zipporah, their sister-in-law, because she was black.

Before we get to their punishment the divine record states that Moses was the most humble man in the land. Obviously, Miriam and Aaron were not humble because they tried to equate or elevate themselves above Moses.

Now on to the punishment. God punishes Miriam (the apparent ringleader) by striking her with Leprosy and her skin became “as white as snow”

That God… Miriam disliked black people and thought she was better because she was white so God made her really white… as white as snow. How do you like being white now Miriam?

What can be learned from this?

- Sometimes when people make an accusation they may have an ulterior motive.

- If you dislike someone because of their race you are not being humble (like Moses was humble)

- God rocks with punishment and makes the punishment fit the crime.