Numbers 12:14 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And 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}.”

Numbers 12:14

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Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

And 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}.

And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in {again}.

And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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Numbers 12:1

"And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. {Ethiopian: or, Cushite} {married: Heb. taken}"

Numbers 12:2

"And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard {it}."

Numbers 12:3

"(Now the man Moses {was} very meek, above all the men which {were} upon the face of the earth.)"

Numbers 12:4

"And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out."

Numbers 12:5

"And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood {in} the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth."

Numbers 12:6

"And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, {I} the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, {and} will speak unto him in a dream."

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