Numbers 12:11

Then said Aaron unto Moses,—Oh my lord, do not I beseech thee lay upon us sin, although we have made ourselves foolish, and although we have sinned.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

10And, when, the cloud, removed from off the tent,—lo! Miriam, leprous, like snow! And Aaron turned unto Miriam and lo! …leprous!

12Let her not, I beseech thee, remain like the still-born,—which when it is born of its mother, the half of its flesh is consumed.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:32also, your flocks and your herds, take ye, as ye spake and go your way,—so shall ye bless, even me.

1 Samuel 12:19And all the people said unto Samuel—Pray for thy servants, unto Yahweh thy God, and let it not be that we die,—For we have added, to all our sins, a wrong, in asking for ourselves a king.

2 Samuel 19:19and he said unto the king—Let not my lord impute to me iniquity, neither do thou remember the perverseness of thy servant, on the day that thou wentest out, my lord O king, from Jerusalem, that the king should lay it upon his heart.

1 Kings 13:6Then responded the king and said unto the man of God—Appease, I pray thee, the face of Yahweh thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored unto me. So the man of God appeased the face of Yahweh, and the hand of the king was restored unto him, and became as aforetime.

Psalms 38:1O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;

Jeremiah 42:2and said unto Jeremiah the prophet—Let our supplication we beseech thee fall prostrate before thee, and pray thou in our behalf unto Yahweh thy God, in behalf of all this remnant,—for we are left a few out of many, just as thine own eyes do behold us:

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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