Numbers 12

1 And Miriam spoke—Aaron also—against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken, for he had taken a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has YHWH only spoken by Moses? Has he not also spoken by us?” And YHWH heard. 3 And the man Moses was very humble, more than any of the men who were on the face of the ground. 4 And YHWH suddenly said to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” And those three came out. 5 And YHWH came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood at the opening of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam, and both of them come out. 6 And He said, “Now hear My words: If your prophet is of YHWH, || I will make Myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream. 7 Not so My servant Moses. He is steadfast in all My house. 8 I will speak with him mouth to mouth, || Even by an appearance, and not in riddles. And he beholds the form of YHWH attentively. Now why have you not been afraid || To speak against My servant—against Moses?” 9 And the anger of YHWH burned against them, and He went on, 10 and the cloud had turned aside from off the tent, and look, Miriam was leprous as snow. And Aaron turned to Miriam, and look, leprous! 11 And Aaron said to Moses, “O my lord, please do not lay this sin on us in which we have been foolish, and in which we have sinned. 12 Please do not let her be as one dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother—the half of his flesh is consumed.” 13 And Moses cried to YHWH, saying, “O God, please give healing to her! Please!” 14 And YHWH said to Moses, “But if her father had but spat in her face—will she not be ashamed for seven days? She will be shut out for seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterward she will be gathered.” 15 And Miriam was shut out at the outside of the camp for seven days, and the people had not journeyed until Miriam was gathered. 16 And afterward the people had journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamped in the wilderness of Paran.


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