Num 12
1
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had
married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
2
And they said, Has YHWH indeed spoken only with Moses? has he not spoken also with
us? And YHWH heard it.
3
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the
earth.
4
And YHWH spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three
to the tent of meeting. And they three came out.
5
And YHWH came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called
Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
6
And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I YHWH will make
myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
7
My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:
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with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and
the form of YHWH shall he behold: wherefore then were you not afraid to speak against
my servant, against Moses?
9
And the anger of YHWH was kindled against them; and he departed.
10
And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white
as] snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
11
And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, lay not, I pray you, sin upon us, for that we
have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.
12
Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes
out of his mother`s womb.
13
And Moses cried to YHWH, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech you.
14
And YHWH said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be
ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that
she shall be brought in again.
15
And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till
Miriam was brought in again.
16
And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of
Paran.