Numbers 12:14
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And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall be called again.

spit

Deuteronomy 25:9 The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house:

Job 30:10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.

Isaiah 50:6 I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.

Matthew 26:67 Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands,

Hebrews 12:9 Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and live?

let her be

Numbers 5:2,3 Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead: . . .

Leviticus 13:45,46 Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth: and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean. . . .

Leviticus 14:8 And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days.

2 Chronicles 26:20,21 And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest of the priests looked upon him, and saw the leprosy in his forehead, and they made haste to thrust him out. Yea himself also being frightened, hasted to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke of the Lord. . . .

Context
The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron
13And Moses cried to the Lord, saying O God, I beseech thee heal her. 14And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall be called again.15Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.…
Cross References
Leviticus 13:46
All the time that he is a leper and unclean he shall dwell alone without the camp.

Leviticus 14:8
And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days.

Numbers 5:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 5:2
Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead:

Deuteronomy 25:9
The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house:

2 Kings 15:5
And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house apart: but Joatham, the king's son, governed the palace, and judged the people of the land.

Job 17:6
He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

Job 30:10
They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.

Isaiah 50:6
I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.

Lexicon
But the LORD
יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

answered
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֗ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

“If her father
וְאָבִ֙יהָ֙ (wə·’ā·ḇî·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

had but
יָרֹ֤ק (yā·rōq)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 3417: To spit

spit
יָרַק֙ (yā·raq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3417: To spit

in her face,
בְּפָנֶ֔יהָ (bə·p̄ā·ne·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

would she not
הֲלֹ֥א (hă·lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

have been in disgrace
תִכָּלֵ֖ם (ṯik·kā·lêm)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult

for seven
שִׁבְעַ֣ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days?
יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

Let her be confined
תִּסָּגֵ֞ר (tis·sā·ḡêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut up, to surrender

outside
מִח֣וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

the camp
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה (lam·ma·ḥă·neh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4264: An encampment, an army

for seven
שִׁבְעַ֤ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days;
יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

after that
וְאַחַ֖ר (wə·’a·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

she may be brought back in.”
תֵּאָסֵֽף׃ (tê·’ā·sêp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove


Additional Translations
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.”And the LORD said to 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.

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.

And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.

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].

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 up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.

And the LORD said to 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 again.

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."

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.'
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