Numbers 12:3 (WEB)
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Catechism · 1
“With him I speak face to face, clearly, not in riddles," for "Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth."” — Catechism footnote: Num 12:3,7-8.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyprian of Carthage
“Concerning Moses, moreover, we find it said in the Scriptures, “Now the man Moses was very meek;” and the Lord in His Gospel says, “Be ye merciful, as your Father also had mercy upon you;” and again, “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 3.
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Jerome
“Moses was leader of the host of Israel; he brought ten plagues upon Egypt; sky, earth, and sea alike obeyed his commands: yet he is spoken of as “very meek above all the men which were” at that time “upon the face of the earth.”” — editor's note: Nu. xii. 3.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He was indeed, as it is written, gentle and meek.” — editor's note: Num. xii. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…is supposed to have had some special success, as each chanced to have received from God some particular virtue: Job unconquered patience in misfortune, Moses and David meekness, Samuel prophecy, seeing into the future, Phineas zeal, for which he has a name, Peter and Paul eagerness in preaching, the sons of Zebedee…” — editor's note: Numb. xii. 3.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
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Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.15.
Cited together in Catechism §2576.