12:3 Many suggest that this statement about Moses was added by someone other than Moses, though the Mosaic origin of this verse is not impossible (a unique feature of Scripture is its accurate representation of both the good and bad qualities of its characters, cf. Neh. 13:14, 22; 1 Cor. 4:16, 17). The statement establishes that Moses did not wrongly provoke the complaint of Miriam and Aaron, and explains God’s swift defense of His prophet.