Numbers 12:11

and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

12Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

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Cross References

Exodus 12:32Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

1 Samuel 12:19They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

2 Samuel 19:19and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

1 Kings 13:6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

Psalms 38:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

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 →

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