Numbers - 12:15



15 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 12:15.

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And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days : and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.
And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in again.
And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered;
So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.
And so Miriam was excluded from the camp for seven days. And the people did not move from that place, until Miriam was called back.
Itaque reclusa est Maria extra castra septem diebus: neque populus progressus est, donec reciperetur Maria.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days,.... And so in later times lepers dwelt alone, and in a separate house, as long as the leprosy was upon them, see 2-Chronicles 26:21; Miriam no doubt was healed at once, but, as a punishment for her sin, she was obliged to keep out of the camp of Israel for such a space of time:
and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again; partly out of respect unto her, she being a prophetess, and one that went before them, and led them with Moses and Aaron, Micah 6:4; and partly for want of the cloud to direct them, which had departed at a distance from them.

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.

Journeyed not - Which was a testimony of respect to her both from God and from the people, God so ordering it, partly lest she should be overwhelmed by such a publick rebuke from God, and partly lest, she being a prophetess, the gift of prophesy should come into contempt.

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