Among the things he frankly reported were his own lack of eloquence, which in his view made him unfit to be Israel’s leader; the serious mistake he made that prevented his entering the Promised Land; the deflection of his brother, Aaron, who cooperated with rebellious Israelites in making a statue of a golden calf; the rebellion of his sister, Miriam, and her humiliating punishment; the profaneness of his nephews Nadab and Abihu; and the repeated complaining and murmuring of God’s own people.
Mozus 20: 9 — 12; 27: 12 — 14), par sava brāļa Ārona pārkāpumu — sadarbošanos ar dumpīgajiem izraēliešiem, kad tika izgatavots zelta teļš (2. Mozus 32: 1 — 6), par savas māsas Mirjamas sacelšanos un pazemojošo sodu, kādu viņa saņēma (4. Mozus 12: 1 — 3, 10), par savu brāļadēlu Nadaba un Abija zaimojošo izturēšanos (3. Mozus 10: 1, 2) un par Dieva izredzētās tautas nepārtraukto žēlošanos un kurnēšanu (2. Mozus 14: 11, 12; 4. Mozus 14: 1 — 10).