Deuteronomy 24:9
in Deuteronomy 24Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.
KJV
Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 24
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe laws concerning it we had, Lev. xiii. They are here said to be commanded to the priests and Levites, and therefore are not repeated in a discourse to the people; but the people are here charged, in case of leprosy, to apply to the priest according to the law, and to abide by his judgment, so far as it agreed with the law and the plain matter of fact.
This site's exposition
When a man hath taken a new wife
on Deuteronomy 24:5-9
The exemptions at 20:5-7 sent home the man who had betrothed a wife and not taken her, and verse 5 adds a full year at home for the man who has. Verses 6 and 7 both price a man's life: the hand mill may not be taken in pledge because he taketh a man's life to pledge, and stealing a man is capital where stealing goods was not, which Exodus 21:16 had already said. The leprosy law itself is not repeated here, only the order to do what the priests teach, and the memory set beside it is Miriam at Numbers 12:10-15. Remember falls fourteen times in this book and three of them stand in this chapter, at verses 9, 18 and 22.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
If you become your fellow’s creditor for any amount of debt, do not enter his house to take his pledge [ collateral ].
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָכ֕וֹר | zakhor | remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אֵ֧ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֛ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לְמִרְיָ֑ם | lemiryam | to Miriam | H4813 → | |
| בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | baderekh | on the way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם | betzetekhem | when came out you | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ ס | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
זָכ֕וֹרremember
zakhorH2142 →230 times
אֵ֧ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֛הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
לְמִרְיָ֑םto Miriam
lemiryamH4813 →
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְon the way
baderekhH1870 →707 times
בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥םwhen came out you
betzetekhemH3318 →1067 times
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ סfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
it leads to
- Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Romans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- 1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
- Romans 15:4
Through
1 Corinthians 10:6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
it leads to
- Jude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
- 1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
- 2 Peter 2:6
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- Jude 1:7
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonWildernessMiriamProphetess and sister of Moses and Aaron who led the women's song at the sea; struck with leprosy for challenging Moses' unique au…
- PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
