And the children of Yisrael, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Tzin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.
English: “And she died and was buried” — burial adjacent to death; this teaches that one does not leave women’s biers in the street in order to intensify the eulogy.
Type of Learning
Juxtaposition of death and burial verbs.
What Is Learned
Burial should follow soon after death; women’s biers are not left in public to amplify mourning display.