Numbers 12:11-16

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11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, ¹do not punish us^[a] because we have done foolishly and have sinned.

12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb. ”

13 And Moses cried to the Lord, “O God, please heal her—please. ”

14 But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but ²spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be ³shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again. ”

15 So Miriam ⁴was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.

16 After that the people set out from ⁵Hazeroth, and camped in ⁶the wilderness of Paran.

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Numbers 12:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER 12

In this chapter we have an account of Aaron and Miriam speaking against Moses, and for what reason, whose amiable character is given, Nu 12:1-3; and of the Lord's calling them to him, and rebuking them for it, giving an excellent testimony to Moses, and then departing in anger, Nu 12:4-9; and of Miriam's being smitten with leprosy, and Aaron's entreating Moses on his and her account, who prayed to the Lord to heal her, Nu 12:10-13; and of her being ordered to be shut out of the camp seven days, during which time the Israelites stayed at Hazeroth, and then removed to the wilderness of Paran, Nu 12:14-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 12:11 [2 Sam. 19:19; 24:10; Prov. 30:32]
2. 12:14 Deut. 25:9; Job 30:10
3. 12:14 See Lev. 13:46
4. 12:15 [2 Kgs. 15:5; 2 Chr. 26:20, 21; Luke 17:12]
5. 12:16 ch. 11:35; [ch. 33:18]
6. 12:16 See ch. 10:12

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[a] 12:11 Hebrew 'do not lay sin upon us'

Numbers 12:11-16

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Numbers 12:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER 12

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