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Old TestamentWhy did Miriam get leprosy in Numbers 12?
Most readings of Numbers 12 treat Miriam's leprosy as punishment for crossing prophetic boundaries, a story about staying in your lane. But coming directly after Numbers 11, where Moses cries out "would God that all the LORD's people were prophets," that interpretation feels like
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Old Testament14 min readNumbers 15: The Tzitzit — Christ in the Blue Thread
The tzitzit condenses the whole Torah (gematria 613) into a single thread, draws its color from a sea-creature whose blood only turns blue in sunlight, and hangs from the kanaf (wing) where Malachi placed the Messiah's healing.
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