Numbers 12:10

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cloud	וְהֶעָנָ֗ן ve.he.'a.Nan	H6051	a cloud (as covering the sky) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
departed	סָ֚ר sar	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tabernacle	הָאֹ֔הֶל ha.'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Miriam	מִרְיָ֖ם mir.Yam	H4813	Mirjam · proper noun, a woman's name
leprous	מְצֹרַ֣עַת me.tzo.Ra.'at	H6879	to scourge · verb, pual passive participle, feminine singular construct
snow	כַּשָּׁ֑לֶג ka.Sha.leg	H7950	snow (probably from its whiteness) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֛ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
looked	וַיִּ֧פֶן vai.Yi.fen	H6437	to turn · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Miriam	מִרְיָ֖ם mir.Yam	H4813	Mirjam · proper noun, a woman's name
leprous	מְצֹרָֽעַת me.tzo.Ra.'at	H6879	to scourge · verb, pual passive participle, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
2 Kings 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as sn…
2 Chronicles 26:19-21 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in hi…
Exodus 4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, beho…
2 Kings 15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was o…
Exodus 33:7-10 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. An…
Leviticus 13:2-46 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of lepro…
Ezekiel 10:4-5 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:10–end

Here is, I. God's judgment upon Miriam (Num 12:10): The cloud departed from off that part of the tabernacle, in token of God's displeasure, and presently Miriam became leprous; when God goes, evil comes; expect no good when God departs. The leprosy was a disease often inflicted by the immediate hand of God as the punishment of some particular sin, as on Gehazi for lying, on Uzziah for invading the priest's office, and here on Miriam for scolding and making mischief among relations. The plague of the leprosy, it is likely, appeared in her face, so that it appeared to all that saw her that she was struck with it, with the worst of it, she was leprous as snow; not only so white, but so soft, th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 12:10

MIRIAM'S LEPROSY. (Num 12:10-16) the cloud departed from the tabernacle--that is, from the door to resume its permanent position over the mercy seat. Miriam became leprous--This malady in its most malignant form (Exo 4:6; Kg2 5:27) as its color, combined with its sudden appearance, proved, was inflicted as a divine judgment; and she was made the victim, either because of her extreme violence or because the leprosy on Aaron would have interrupted or dishonored the holy service.

John Gill on Numbers 12:10

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle,.... Not from off the door of the tabernacle, as Aben Ezra, for that is implied in the last clause of Numbers 12:9, but from off that part of the tabernacle, the most holy place, where it had used to abide; but now it went up higher in the air, or removed at some distance from thence, which was a further indication of the sore displeasure of God; that as he would not stay with Aaron and Miriam at the door of the tabernacle, so neither would he suffer the cloud to continue over it, as it was wont to do, so long as they were there: and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow; was smote immediately with a leprosy by the Lord, as the hand of…

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John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Aaron — The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before…
Hazeroth — Fenced enclosures consisting of “a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge…
Leper, Leprosy — The predominant and characteristic form of leprosy in the Old Testament is a white variety, covering either the entire body or a large tract of its surface, which has obtained the name of Lepra…
Leprosy — (Heb. tsara’ath, a “smiting,” a “stroke,” because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction). This name is from the Greek lepra, by which the Greek physicians designated the…
Miriam — Their rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 2:4-10; 1 Chr. 6:3). Her name is prominent in the history of the Exodus. She is called “the prophetess” (Ex. 15:20). She took the lead in the…
Ambition · .Aaron and Miriam — .Aaron and Miriam
Anger Of God, The · Exemplified against: Aaron and Miriam — Exemplified against: Aaron and Miriam
Citizens · .Miriam and Aaron — .Miriam and Aaron
Cloud · PILLAR OF — PILLAR OF
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Miriam punished by leprosy — Miriam punished by leprosy
Envy · .Miriam and Aaron, of Moses — .Miriam and Aaron, of Moses

Numbers 12:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 12:10

John Gill on Numbers 12:10

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 12:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 12:10

John Gill on Numbers 12:10

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 12:4-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 12:9-16

Rashi on Numbers 12:10