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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.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

12:14 spit in her face. This was not a command for a father to do this, but simply a recognition that this was a common practice in the Middle East, as an expression of sharp rebuke and contempt for the actions of a grossly disobedient child.


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