Numbers 12:11-16

11 So he said to Moses, "Please, sir, don't punish us for this foolish sin we committed.

12 Don't let her be like a stillborn baby that's not completely developed."

13 So Moses cried to the LORD, "Please, God, heal her!"

14 The LORD replied to Moses, "If her own father had spit in her face, wouldn't she be excluded from the community for seven days? She must be put in isolation outside the camp for seven days. Then she can be brought back."

15 So Miriam was put in isolation outside the camp for seven days. The people didn't break camp until she was brought back.

16 After that, the people moved from Hazeroth and set up camp in the Desert of Paran.

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.