The Meekness of Moses & How Liberal Churches Deny His Authorship (Numbers 12)

Moses’s Humility and the Question of Authorship

One quick comment on verse three of chapter 12. I had mentioned in the opening prayer that there were some things in this chapter that maybe Moses preferred not be in this chapter. I think this is one of them where it says that Moses was the most humble man on the face of the earth.

And did the thought occur to anyone, wait, who wrote numbers? Yes, Moses wrote numbers. So if he's the most humble man on the earth, if that's true, why is he writing that he's the most humble man on the earth?

Did that occur to anybody? Some have used this as a reason to cast doubt on the authorship of Moses. And by the way, this is what liberal churches do. If you go to a liberal church, they'll say Moses didn't write Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus or numbers that it's J, P, D, and this whole thing.

And Isaiah didn't write Isaiah and Matthew didn't write Matthew. And then you start to figure out why they don't really believe and follow the Bible because they don't think any of the authors wrote it.

Saint Peter didn't write second Peter. Moses was the author, okay? And yes, even if he's acting as like a general editor and he's like Paul and has someone else writing while he dictates, however it worked, yes, Moses is the author, but there's an explanation as to why this is okay for it to be said that he's the most humble man on the face of the earth.

God’s Commentary on Moses’s Humility

Number one, only God could know that. Only God has the knowledge that he really was of all the human beings. So it's not that Moses wanted this in there. Who wanted it in there? This is God's commentary on Moses.