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Selected Verse: Numbers 12:10 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Nu 12:10 |
Strong Concordance |
And the cloud [06051] departed [05493] from off the tabernacle [0168]; and, behold, Miriam [04813] became leprous [06879], white as snow [07950]: and Aaron [0175] looked [06437] upon Miriam [04813], and, behold, she was leprous [06879]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
MIRIAM'S LEPROSY. (Num 12:10-16)
the cloud departed from the tabernacle--that is, from the door to resume its permanent position over the mercy seat.
Miriam became leprous--This malady in its most malignant form (Exo 4:6; Kg2 5:27) as its color, combined with its sudden appearance, proved, was inflicted as a divine judgment; and she was made the victim, either because of her extreme violence or because the leprosy on Aaron would have interrupted or dishonored the holy service. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
From the tabernacle - Not from the whole tabernacle, but from that part, whither it was come, to that part which was directly over the mercy - seat, where it constantly abode. Leprous - She, and not Aaron, either because she was chief in the transgression or because God would not have his worship interrupted or dishonoured, which it must have been if Aaron had been leprous. White - This kind of leprosy was the most virulent and incurable of all. It is true, when the leprosy began in a particular part, and thence spread itself over all the flesh by degrees, and at last made it all white, that was an evidence of the cure of the leprosy, Lev 13:12-13. But it was otherwise when one was suddenly smitten with this universal whiteness. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Miriam became leprous - It is likely Miriam was chief in this mutiny; and it is probable that it was on this ground she is mentioned first, (see Num 12:1), and punished here, while Aaron is spared. Had he been smitten with the leprosy, his sacred character must have greatly suffered, and perhaps the priesthood itself have fallen into contempt. How many priests and preachers who deserved to be exposed to reproach and infamy, have been spared for the sake of the holy character they bore, that the ministry might not be blamed! But the just God will visit their transgressions in some other way, if they do not deeply deplore them and find mercy through Christ. Nothing tends to discredit the work of God so much as the transgressions and miscarriages of those who minister in holy things. |
27 The leprosy [06883] therefore of Naaman [05283] shall cleave [01692] unto thee, and unto thy seed [02233] for ever [05769]. And he went out [03318] from his presence [06440] a leper [06879] as white as snow [07950].
6 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] furthermore [05750] unto him, Put [0935] now thine hand [03027] into thy bosom [02436]. And he put [0935] his hand [03027] into his bosom [02436]: and when he took [03318] it out, behold, his hand [03027] was leprous [06879] as snow [07950].
10 And the cloud [06051] departed [05493] from off the tabernacle [0168]; and, behold, Miriam [04813] became leprous [06879], white as snow [07950]: and Aaron [0175] looked [06437] upon Miriam [04813], and, behold, she was leprous [06879].
11 And Aaron [0175] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Alas [0994], my lord [0113], I beseech thee, lay [07896] not the sin [02403] upon us, wherein we have done foolishly [02973], and wherein we have sinned [02398].
12 Let her not be as one dead [04994] [04191], of whom the flesh [01320] is half [02677] consumed [0398] when he cometh out [03318] of his mother's [0517] womb [07358].
13 And Moses [04872] cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Heal [07495] her now, O God [0410], I beseech thee.
14 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], If her father [01] had but [03417] spit [03417] in her face [06440], should she not be ashamed [03637] seven [07651] days [03117]? let her be shut [05462] out [02351] from the camp [04264] seven [07651] days [03117], and after [0310] that let her be received [0622] in again.
15 And Miriam [04813] was shut [05462] out [02351] from the camp [04264] seven [07651] days [03117]: and the people [05971] journeyed [05265] not till Miriam [04813] was brought [0622] in again.
16 And afterward [0310] the people [05971] removed [05265] from Hazeroth [02698], and pitched [02583] in the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290].
12 And if a leprosy [06883] break out [06524] abroad [06524] in the skin [05785], and the leprosy [06883] cover [03680] all the skin [05785] of him that hath the plague [05061] from his head [07218] even to his foot [07272], wheresoever the priest [03548] looketh [04758] [05869];
13 Then the priest [03548] shall consider [07200]: and, behold, if the leprosy [06883] have covered [03680] all his flesh [01320], he shall pronounce him clean [02891] that hath the plague [05061]: it is all turned [02015] white [03836]: he is clean [02889].
1 And Miriam [04813] and Aaron [0175] spake [01696] against Moses [04872] because of [0182] the Ethiopian [03571] woman [0802] whom he had married [03947]: for he had married [03947] an Ethiopian [03571] woman [0802].