Numbers 12:10

Translations

Modern

As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the cloud departed from above the Tent, and behold, Miriam was leprous as snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

Latin

…nubes quoque recessit quæ erat super tabernaculum: et ecce Maria apparuit candens lepra quasi nix. Cumque respexisset eam Aaron, et vidisset perfusam lepra,

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Hebrew

English

As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

Notes

Numbers 12:9–16

Miriam 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.

Numbers 12:1–16

Rebellion did not come only from the “rabble” or from the Israelites who were tired of manna (11:4). It also came from within the family of Moses.

Aaron the high priest and Miriam the prophetess spoke against Moses (Exodus 29:30; Exodus 15:20). Their actions showed that even Israel’s spiritual leaders struggled with jealousy and doubt.

At this time, Israel was moving toward a lowest point in its rebellion against God (Numbers 13:25–14:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Aaron Moses The Cloud and Fire The Plagues

Related verses

Deuteronomy 24:9
Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
2 Chronicles 26:19–21
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
Exodus 4:6
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
Exodus 33:7–10
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Ezekiel 10:4–5
Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
Leviticus 13:2–46
“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
Ezekiel 10:18–19
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
Hosea 9:12
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

People

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel Miriam: Moses' sister, a prophetess who led women in worship

Glossary

Aaron Deuteronomy, Book of Disease History of Israel Miriam Numbers, Book of Pillar of Fire and Cloud Woman

Topics

Ambition: Aaron and Miriam Christian Minister: Aaron Citizens: Wicked: Miriam and Aaron Cloud: Pillar of Envy: Miriam and Aaron, of Moses Forgiveness: Moses Forgives the Israelites Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Hazeroth: Miriam Punished by Leprosy Judgments: Miriam Leprosy: Infected: Women Leprosy: Often Sent As a Punishment for Sin Leprosy: Sent As a Judgment On: Miriam Miracles: Catalogue of Miriam's Leprosy Sanitation: Quarantine: Instances of Tabernacle: The Lord Reveals Himself At The Anger of God: Exemplified Against: Aaron and Miriam Treason of Aaron and Miriam Against Moses

Numbers 12:10

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