Numbers 12:14
And Jehovah said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
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In Context
13And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
Numbers 5:2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:
2 Chronicles 26:20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
Job 30:10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:11-16
Miriam Smitten with Leprosy. ( b. c. 1490.) 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And 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. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Moses cried unto the Lord , saying, Heal her now, O… Read the whole commentary →