Numbers 12:14

12:14 The Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only spit ¹  in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again.”

Leviticus 13:46

13:46 The whole time he has the infection ²  he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.

Deuteronomy 24:8-9

Respect for Human Dignity

24:8 Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely ³  all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do. 24:9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam ⁴  along the way after you left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:2

24:2 When she has left him ⁵  she may go and become someone else’s wife.

Deuteronomy 7:3

7:3 You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

¹ tn The form is intensified by the infinitive absolute, but here the infinitive strengthens not simply the verbal idea but the conditional cause construction as well.

² tn Heb “All the days which the infection is in him.”

³ tn Heb “to watch carefully and to do.”

⁴ sn What the Lord your God did to Miriam. The reference is to Miriam’s having contracted leprosy because of her intemperate challenge to Moses’ leadership (Num 12:1-15). The purpose for the allusion here appears to be the assertion of the theocratic leadership of the priests who, like Moses, should not be despised.

⁵ tn Heb “his house.”