Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
11. And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas! my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
11. Tunc dixit Aharon ad Mosen, Quaeso domine mi, ne nunc nobis imputes peccatum: quia stulte egimus, et quia peccavimus.
12. Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
12. Ne, quaeso, sit quasi abortivus foetus, qui dum egreditur ex utero matris suae consumptus est dimidio suae carnis.
13. And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
13. Clamavit itaque Moses ad Jehovam, dicendo, Deus, quaeso, sana nunc illam:
14. And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
14. Respondit Jehova ad Mosen, Quod si pater ejus spuendo spuisset in faciem ejus, nonne erubesceret septem diebus? Excludatur septem diebus extra castra, et deinde recipietur.
15. And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
15. Itaque reclusa est Maria extra castra septem diebus: neque populus progressus est, donec reciperetur Maria.
16. And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
16. Postea autem profectus est populus de Haseroth, et castrametati sunt in deserto Paran.
1. And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses. This relation is especially worthy of observation for many reasons. If Aaron and Miriam had always quietly and cordially supported the honor of their brother, and had not been carried away by perverse and ungodly jealousy, their harmony, however holy it was, would have been perverted by the injustice of many, and alleged against them as a deceitful and insidious conspiracy. It came to pass, then, in the wonderful providence of God, that his own brother and sister set on foot a contention with respect to the supremacy, and endeavored to