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Numbers 12:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again. "
Numbers 12:15
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13 Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!”
14 The LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.”
15 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.
16 Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
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Numbers 12:1
"Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman."
Numbers 12:2
"They said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And the LORD heard it."
Numbers 12:3
"Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth."
Numbers 12:4
"The LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came out."
Numbers 12:5
"The LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward."
Numbers 12:6
"He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream."
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