KJV ORIGINAL
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Please don't let her be like a stillborn baby whose body is half decayed when it comes out of its mother's womb.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is Moses desperately pleading with God not to let his sister Miriam suffer a horrible fate that would be like being born dead and decaying.
📚 Historical Context
This is Moses interceding for his sister Miriam after God struck her with leprosy as punishment for speaking against Moses' authority and his marriage to a Cushite woman. Aaron and Miriam had challenged Moses' unique role as God's spokesman, and God responded by afflicting Miriam with a skin disease that made her appear corpse-like.
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