God smote Miriam with leprosy for her contempt of Moses, and therefore thou mayst expect the same or like punishment, if thou dost despise the counsel and direction of the Levites, which I have set over thee, and commanded thee to observe in this and the like matters.
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Deuteronomy 24:9
9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.