9Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
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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. …
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Command 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:
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-13)Here is, I. Provision made for the preservation and confirmation of love between new-married people, Deut. 24:5. This fitly follows upon the laws concerning divorce, which would be prevented if their affection to each other were well settled at first. If the husband were much abroad from his wife the first year, his love to her would be in danger of cooling, and of being drawn aside to others whom…
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