Numbers 12:15
Verse 15 of 16. The 12th of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.
11And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
13And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
15And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:15 in the World English Bible
Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.Read Numbers 12:15 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:15
The hindrance that this gave to the people's progress: The people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again, v. 15. God did not remove the cloud, and therefore they did not remove their camp. This was intended, 1. As a rebuke to the people, who were conscious to themselves of having sinned after the similitude of Miriam's transgression, in speaking against Moses: thus far therefore they shall share in her punishment, that it shall retard their march forward towards…
Read Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:10–16: Miriam Smitten with Leprosy. (b. c. 1490.)
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