Numbers 12:14 (WEB)
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.”
Catechism · 1
“Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 17:8-12; Num 12:13-14.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.32Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“Let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her come in again.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 14.
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John Chrysostom
“Though for his own sister one entreat, when it is not fitting, he again shall have the same sort of answer as Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 14.
Read the whole comment“For as Miriam, even against Moses’ will, was punished by God for insolence to her brother,because He greatly loved the holy man; even so this man, injuriously treated by his son, God did swiftly avenge, and that against his will.” — editor's note: Numb. xii. 13, 14.
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Jerome
“She no longer entered the church of God but, like Miriam the sister of Moses, she sat apart without the camp, till the priest who had cast her out should himself call her back.” — editor's note: Nu. xii. 14.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.32.