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10 As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam’s skin suddenly became diseased, resembling snow.[a] When Aaron turned towards her, he saw that she was diseased 11 and said to Moses, ‘My lord, please don’t hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. 12 Please don’t let her be like a dead baby[b] whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.’

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Footnotes

  1. 12:10 A reference to whiteness or flakiness of the skin
  2. 12:12 Alt Hb tradition reads baby who comes out of our mother’s womb and our flesh is half eaten away.