Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”

So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again.

‘He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.

‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days;

Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

In this manner you shall offer the food of the offering made by fire daily for seven days, as a sweet aroma to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Offerings at the Feast of Tabernacles

‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days.

And as for you, remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.