Numbers 12

1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

2 “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

4 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

5 and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

6 He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

8 I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.

10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

11 and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

12 Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

14 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.

16 After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

1 ¶ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard [it].

3 (Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)

4 ¶ And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood [in] the door of the tabernacle, 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] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

7 My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in all mine house.

8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.

10 ¶ And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.

11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again].

15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again].

16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of his wife, the Moor which he had taken, because he had taken a Moor to wife,

2 And said: Doth the LORD speak by Moses only? speaketh he not also through us? And the LORD heard it.

2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

3 But Moses was a very afflicted man above all men upon the earth.

4 And suddenly the LORD said unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out, ye three, unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they went out, all three of them.

5 And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they went out.

6 And he said, Hear my words. If any of you be a prophet of the LORD, I will make myself known unto him in a vision, or speak unto him in a dream.

7 But not so my servant Moses, who is faithful in all mine house.

8 I speak unto him by word of mouth; and he beholdeth the LORD in his own likeness, and not by words of darkness, nor by parables. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and they turned away.

10 And the cloud departed from the tabernacle. And, behold, Miriam was leprous as the snow. And Aaron turned unto Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous,

11 And said unto Moses, Ah, my lord, let not sin remain upon us, that we have done foolishly, and have sinned,

12 That this be not as a dead thing that cometh out of his mother's womb; it hath already eaten up the half of her flesh.

13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, O God, heal them.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had spit in her face, should not she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up out of the camp seven days, and afterward let her be taken up again.

15 So Miriam was shut up out of the camp seven days. And the people departed not again, till Miriam were taken up. Ch. 13. v. 1. Dananch the people departed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. Chapter 13. Of spies of the land of Canaan.