Numbers 12:15

Numbers 12:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
• New International Version (NIV)So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till she was brought back.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again.

Context of Numbers 12:15

13So Moses called loudly to the Lord, ‘Please God, make her well again!’ 14But the Lord said to Moses, ‘Even if her father had spat on her face, she would have to be ashamed for seven days. So you must keep her outside the camp for seven days. After that you can let her come back inside the camp.’ So Moses kept Miriam outside the camp for seven days. The people did not start to travel again until they had brought Miriam back into the camp again. 16After that, the people left Hazeroth. They went to the Paran desert and they put up their tents there.

Numbers 12:15 word by word

וַתִּסָּגֵ֥ר מִרְיָ֛ם מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים וְהָעָם֙ לֹ֣א נָסַ֔ע עַד־הֵאָסֵ֖ף מִרְיָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Miriamמִרְיָםmiryâm · MiriamH4813
• was shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• outחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• from the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• journeyedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• was broughtאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622

Cross-references for Numbers 12:15

• Deuteronomy 24:8If you have leprosy, be very careful! Do everything that the Levite priests tell you to do. You must obey everything that I have commanded them.
• Genesis 9:21He used the grapes to make wine. One day, he drank some of the wine and he became drunk. He lay inside his tent and he slept. He was not wearing any clothes.
• Exodus 20:12Always respect your father and your mother. Then you will live for many years in the land that the Lord your God will give to you.
• Lamentations 3:32He does cause people to feel sad sometimes, but he is sorry for us. He is also very kind to us, because he loves us very much.
• Micah 6:4I brought you out of Egypt. You were slaves in that country, but I made you free people. I sent Moses to lead you, and Aaron and Miriam with him.
• Micah 7:8My enemy, do not be happy because I am in trouble. I have fallen down, but I will get up. I am in the dark, but the Lord will be a light to me.
• Habakkuk 3:2Lord, I have heard the report about you. I see the things that you have done, Lord, and I respect your power. Please do great things like that again. Do them again now for us to see. When you are angry with us, please still remember to be kind!

Commentaries on Numbers 12:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-15Verses 1-15 Miriam, as a prophetess (compare Exodus 15:20-21) no less than as the sister of Moses and Aaron, took the first rank among the women of Israel; and Aaron may be regarded as the ecclesiastical head of the whole nation. But instead of being grateful for these high dignities they challenged the special vocation of Moses and the exclusive authority which God had assigned to him. Miriam was the instigator, from the fact that her name stands…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 The cloud departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God goes, evil comes: expect no good when God departs. Her foul tongue, as Bishop Hall says, was justly punished with a foul face. Aaron, as priest, was judge of the leprosy. He could not pronounce her leprous without trembling, knowing himself to be equally guilty. But if she was thus punished for speaking against Moses, what will become of those who sin against Christ? Aaron, who joined…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16Miriam experienced the burning anger of the Lord (see study note on 12:1–2). When Aaron saw what happened to her, he confessed their sin and asked Moses to pray for them (compare 11:2). Both Moses and the Lord accepted Aaron's confession.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again--Either not to crush her by a sentence of overwhelming severity or not to expose her, being a prophetess, to popular contempt.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Miriam
• Aaron
• Dedicate
• Encamp
• Exodus
• Hazeroth
• Leprosy
• Meek
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of

Commentaries on Numbers 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings