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12 Please don’t let her be like a dead baby[a] whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.’

13 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, ‘God, please heal her! ’(A)

14 The Lord answered Moses, ‘If her father had merely spat in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp(B) for seven days;(C) after that she may be brought back in.’

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Footnotes

  1. 12:12 Alt Hb tradition reads baby who comes out of our mother’s womb and our flesh is half eaten away.

12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!(A)

14 The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face,(B) would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp(C) for seven days; after that she can be brought back.”

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