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Tale of Two Women

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In Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron object to Moses' Cushite wife. Miriam becomes leprous, is excluded from the camp, and restored on the eighth day.

That is to say: The Messiah's Jewish sister objects to the Gentile bride, and is cast out of the camp, but then she is cleansed and restored.

And so all Israel will be saved.

posted by Peter J. Leithart on Thursday, November 08, 2007 at 04:29 PM

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