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Numbers 12:10-15

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10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, 1Miriam was 2leprous,[a] like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, 3do not punish us[b] 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 4spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be 5shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again."
15 So Miriam 6was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.
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Numbers 12:10-15 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

Cross References 6

  • 1. Deuteronomy 24:9
  • 2. See Leviticus 13:10
  • 3. [2 Samuel 19:19; 2 Samuel 24:10; Proverbs 30:32]
  • 4. Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 30:10
  • 5. See Leviticus 13:46
  • 6. [2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 26:20, 21; Luke 17:12]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
  • [b]. Hebrew do not lay sin upon us
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