KJV 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].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 12:14
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].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — Numbers 12
11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14 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].
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again].
16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוְאָבִ֙יהָ֙H1 · avfatherיָרֹ֤קH3417 · ya.raqto spitיָרַק֙H3417 · ya.raqto spitבְּפָנֶ֔יהָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהֲלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתִכָּלֵ֖םH3637 · ka.lambe humiliatedשִׁבְעַ֣תH7651 · she.vasevenיָמִ֑יםH3117 · yomdayתִּסָּגֵ֞רH5462 · sa.garto shutשִׁבְעַ֤תH7651 · she.vasevenיָמִים֙H3117 · yomdayמִח֣וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideלַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוְאַחַ֖רH310 · a.charafterתֵּאָסֵֽף׃H622 · a.saphto gather
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 25:9Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.Job 30:10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.Numbers 5:2-3Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:Leviticus 13:45-46And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.Leviticus 14:8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote [him] with the palms of their hands,2 Chronicles 26:20-21And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.Hebrews 12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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