Numbers 12:13-15

13 Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, ¹heal her, I pray!"

14 But the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but ²spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days ³outside * the camp, and afterward she may be received again."

15 So ⁴Miriam was shut up outside * the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again.

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Numbers 12:13-15 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. Psalms 30:2; Psalms 41:4; Isaiah 30:26; Jeremiah 17:14
2. Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 17:6; Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6
3. Numbers 5:1-4
4. Deuteronomy 24:9

Numbers 12:13-15

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Numbers 12:13-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER 12

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