SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:11
Y dijo Aarón a Moisés: Te ruego, señor mío, no pongas ahora sobre nosotros pecado; porque locamente lo hemos hecho, y hemos pecado.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And Aaron said unto Moses, alas, my lord ! etc.] The word for “alas” is generally interpreted by the Jewish writers as a note of beseeching and entreating, as it is here by the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, “I beseech thee, my lord,” or “upon me, my lord” f149 , be all the blame; such was his tenderness to his sister, and the compassion he had on her; and such reverence and respect did he show to Moses his brother, though younger than he, because of his superior dignity as a prophet, and chief magistrate, and prime minister, and servant of the Lord, calling him “my lord”: I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us ; the punishment of it, bear not hard upon us, or suffer us to be punished in a rigorous manner, without interceding to the Lord for us, for the abatement of removal of it; such a powerful and prevailing interest he knew he had with God, that by his prayers their punishment would be mitigated, or not laid, or, if laid, removed: wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned ; he owns they had sinned, but suggests, and so he would have it understood, that it was not through malice, and purposely and presumptuously, but through and ignorance, inadvertency and weakness, and hoped it would be forgiven.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-16 - The cloud departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God goes, evi comes: expect no good when God departs. Her foul tongue, as Bishop Hal says, was justly punished with a foul face. Aaron, as priest, was judg of the leprosy. He could not pronounce her leprous without trembling knowing himself to be equally guilty. But if she was thus punished for speaking against Moses, what will become of those who sin agains Christ? Aaron, who joined his sister in speaking against Moses, i forced for himself and his sister, to beseech him, and to speak highl of him whom he had so lately blamed. Those who trample upon the saint and servants of God, will one day be glad to make court to them. It is well when rebukes produce confession of sin and repentance. Suc offenders, though corrected and disgraced, shall be pardoned. Mose made it appear, that he forgave the injury done him. To this pattern of Moses, and that of our Saviour, who said, "Father, forgive them," we must conform. A reason is given for Miriam's being put out of the cam for seven days; because thus she ought to accept the punishment of he sin. When under the tokens of God's displeasure for sin, it becomes u to take shame to ourselves. This hindered the people's progress in their march forward towards Canaan. Many things oppose us, but nothin so hinders us in the way to heaven, as sin __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 אהרן 175 אל 413 משׁה 4872 בי 994 אדני 113 אל 408 נא 4994 תשׁת 7896 עלינו 5921 חטאת 2403 אשׁר 834 נואלנו 2973 ואשׁר 834 חטאנו׃ 2398
