Numbers 12:14 “But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face,…”

Numbers 12:14

But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.”

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord said vnto Moses, If her father had spit in her face, shoulde she not haue bene ashamed seuen dayes? let her be shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and after she shall bee receiued.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Moses, But had her father anyways spat in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? She shall be shut outside the camp seven days, and afterwards she shall be received in [again].

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'And her father had but spat in her face — is she not ashamed seven days? she is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterwards she is gathered.'

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.

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Cross references

“spit”

Deuteronomy 25:9 Job 30:10 Isaiah 50:6 Matthew 26:67 Hebrews 12:9

Deuteronomy 25:9 · BSB

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

Job 30:10 · BSB

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Isaiah 50:6 · BSB

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Matthew 26:67 · BSB

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

Hebrews 12:9 · BSB

Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

“let her be”

Leviticus 14:8 Numbers 5:2 Numbers 5:3 Leviticus 13:45 Leviticus 13:46 2 Chronicles 26:20

Leviticus 14:8 · BSB

The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.

Numbers 5:2 · BSB

“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

Numbers 5:3 · BSB

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

Leviticus 13:45 · BSB

A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

Leviticus 13:46 · BSB

As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

2 Chronicles 26:20 · BSB

When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

Also

Job 17:6

Job 17:6 · BSB

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.

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