Numbers 12:15

15 So Miriam was confined to the outside place of the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam was gathered.

Numbers 12:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 12:15

And Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days
And so in later times lepers dwelt alone, and in a separate house, as long as the leprosy was upon them, see ( 2 Chronicles 26:21 ) ; Miriam no doubt was healed at once, but, as a punishment for her sin, she was obliged to keep out of the camp of Israel for such a space of time:

and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again];
partly out of respect unto her, she being a prophetess, and one that went before them, and led them with Moses and Aaron, ( Micah 6:4 ) ; and partly for want of the cloud to direct them, which had departed at a distance from them.

Numbers 12:15 In-Context

13 And Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "God, {please heal her}!"

14 But Yahweh said to Moses, "[If] her father had surely spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be confined for seven days to an outside place of the camp, and afterward she may be gathered."

15 So Miriam was confined to the outside place of the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam was gathered.

16 And afterward the people set out from Hazeroth, and they encamped in the desert of Paran.