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Numbers 12:10-14

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10 But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, 1Miriam was leprous, as 2white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous.
11 Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, I beg you, 3do not account this sin to us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned.
12 "Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother's womb!"
13 Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, 4heal her, I pray!"
14 But the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but 5spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days 6outside * the camp, and afterward she may be received again."
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Numbers 12:10-14 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

Cross References 6

  • 1. Deuteronomy 24:9
  • 2. Exodus 4:6; 2 Kings 5:27
  • 3. 2 Samuel 19:19; 2 Samuel 24:10
  • 4. Psalms 30:2; Psalms 41:4; Isaiah 30:26; Jeremiah 17:14
  • 5. Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 17:6; Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6
  • 6. Numbers 5:1-4
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