Holy Scripture
Numbers 12:13
A church father on this verse
“Miriam and her company spake evil of Moses, and he immediately begged them off from their punishment; nay, would not so much as let it be known that his cause was avenged. But not so we: on the contrary, this is what we most desire; to have all men know that they have not passed unpunished.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her.
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In context
11And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech thee, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.
12Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother’s womb, when the disease devours the half of the flesh.
— Numbers 12:13 —
14And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterward she shall come in.
15And Miriam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Miriam was cleansed.