Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 12:15
And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again].
Which was a testimony of respect to her both from God and from the people, God so ordering it, partly lest she should be overwhelmed by such a public rebuke from God, and partly lest, she being a prophetess, together with her person, the gift of prophecy should come into contempt.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15. the people journeyed not tillMiriam was brought in againEither not to crush her by asentence of overwhelming severity or not to expose her, being aprophetess, to popular contempt.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days,…. And so in later times lepers dwelt alone, and in a separate house, as long as the leprosy was upon them, see 2Ch 26:21; Miriam no doubt was healed at once, but, as a punishment for her sin, she was obliged to keep out of the camp of Israel for such a space of time:
and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again]; partly out of respect unto her, she being a prophetess, and one that went before them, and led them with Moses and Aaron, Mic 6:4; and partly for want of the cloud to direct them, which had departed at a distance from them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) And the people journeyed not . . . The law for the purification of the leper, as prescribed in Leviticus 14, had already been delivered.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
15. And the people journeyed not More than two million people Bertheau calculates three million are retarded in their journey by the sin of one influential person. Thus the unbelieving spies kept the whole nation out of Canaan nearly thirty-nine years. The sins of the great are national calamities.
Till Miriam was brought in There is no account of her healing. She was probably healed when Moses prayed. The healed leper was not permitted to enter his tent till seven days after the priest declared him healed. Lev 14:8. Two of the Targums read thus: “Because Miriam, the prophetess, had watched for a little hour on the river bank to know what would be the fate of Moses, for the sake of that merit all Israel, numbering sixty myriads, being eighty legions, and the cloud of glory, the tabernacle, and the well, went not till she was healed.”
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And Miriam was shut up outside the camp seven days, and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.’
So Miriam was made an outcast from the camp for seven days, after which she was allowed in again. It could hardly go unnoticed. All would know that she had been stricken by Yahweh, even if the reason for it was only rumoured. They would see her here excluded from the camp and rumour would be rife. But at least, because of Moses’ intercession, it was only temporary.
Miriam’s status among the people comes out in the fact that they were ready to wait for her return to the camp before proceeding, and that Moses could expect them to.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
It is the most painful of all afflictions to a gracious mind to be debarred approaching the LORD’S sanctuary. See what distress of heart David felt, Psa 63:1-2 . Read the cries of Jonah, Jon 2:4 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Num 12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again].
Ver. 15. And the people journeyed not. ] But stayed for her restoration. She had once stayed for Moses, saith Jarchi, when he was cast into the river, Exo 2:4 therefore the people stay for her. There is a memorandum set upon this leprosy of Miriam, Deu 24:9 like as afterwards was upon Lot’s wife’s transformation. Luk 17:32
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
brought = received, Num 12:14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shut out: Deu 24:8, Deu 24:9
and the: Gen 9:21-23, Exo 20:12
till Miriam: Lam 3:32, Mic 6:4, Mic 7:8, Mic 7:9, Hab 3:2
Reciprocal: Lev 13:4 – shut up Lev 13:46 – without Lev 14:8 – and shall Num 20:1 – Miriam 2Ch 26:21 – dwelt Rev 21:27 – there
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 12:15. Journeyed not Which was a testimony of respect to her both from God and from the people; God so ordering it, partly lest she should be overwhelmed by such a public rebuke from God, and partly lest, she being a prophetess, the gift of prophecy should come into contempt.