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1 Miriam
and Aaron spoke
against Moses
because of the
Cushite woman whom
he had married;
for he had
married a
Cushite woman.
2 They
said, “Has the
LORD indeed spoken
only with Moses?
Hasn’t he spoken
also with us?”
And the LORD
heard it.
3 Now
the man Moses
was very humble,
more than all
the men who
were on the
surface of
the earth.
4 The
LORD spoke suddenly
to Moses, to Aaron,
and to Miriam, “You
three come out
to the Tent of
Meeting!”
The three of
them came out.
5 The
LORD came down
in a pillar
of cloud, and
stood at the
door of the Tent,
and called Aaron
and Miriam; and
they both came
forward.
6 He
said, “Now hear
my words. If
there is a
prophet among you,
I, the LORD,
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.
8 With
him, I will
speak mouth to
mouth, even plainly,
and not in
riddles; and he
shall see the
LORD’s form. Why
then were you
not afraid to
speak against my
servant, against
Moses?”
9 The
LORD’s anger burned
against them; and
he departed.
10 The
cloud departed
from over the Tent;
and behold, Miriam
was leprous,
as white as snow.
Aaron looked at
Miriam, and behold,
she was leprous.
11 Aaron said
to Moses, “Oh,
my lord, please don’t count
this sin against
us, in which
we have done
foolishly, and in
which 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 Moses
cried to the
LORD, saying, “Heal her,
God, I beg
you!”
14 The
LORD said to Moses,
“If her father had
but spit in
her face, shouldn’t
she be ashamed
seven days? Let
her be shut
up outside of
the camp seven
days, and after
that she shall
be brought in
again.”
15 Miriam
was shut up
outside of the
camp seven days,
and the
people didn’t travel until
Miriam was brought
in again.
16 Afterward
the people
traveled from
Hazeroth, and
encamped in the
wilderness of
Paran.