Then Miriam and Aaron
spoke
against Moses
because
of the Cushite
woman
whom
he had married
(for he had married
a aCushite
woman
);
aand they said, "Has the LORD
indeed
spoken
only
through Moses
? Has He not spoken
through us as well
?" And the LORD
heard
it.
(Now the man Moses
was avery
humble
, more
than
any
man
who
was on the face
of the earth
.)
Suddenly the LORD
said
to Moses
and Aaron
and to Miriam
, "You three
come
out to the tent
of meeting
." So the three
of them came
out.
aThen the LORD came
down
in a pillar
of cloud
and stood
at the doorway
of the tent
, and He called
1Aaron
and Miriam
. When they had both
come
forward
,
He said, "Hear
now
My words
: If
there is a prophet
among you, I, the LORD
, shall make
Myself known
to him in a avision
. I shall speak
with him in a bdream
.
"Not so, with aMy servant
Moses
, bHe is faithful
in all
My household
;
aWith him I speak mouth
to mouth
, Even openly
, and not in dark
sayings
, And he beholds
bthe form
of the LORD
. Why
then were you not afraid
To speak
against My servant
, against Moses
?"
So the anger of the LORD
burned
against them and aHe departed
.
But when the cloud had withdrawn
from over
the tent
, behold
, aMiriam
was leprous
, as bwhite as snow
. As Aaron
turned
toward
Miriam
, behold
, she was leprous
.
Then Aaron said
to Moses
, "Oh
, my lord
, I beg
you, ado not account
this sin
to us, in which
we have acted
foolishly
and in which
we have sinned
.
"Oh, do not let her be like one dead
, whose
flesh
is half
eaten
away when he comes
from his mother's
womb
!"
Moses cried
out to the LORD
, saying
, "O God
, aheal
her, I pray
!"
But the LORD said
to Moses
, "If her father
had but aspit
in her face
, would she not bear
her shame
for seven
days
? Let her be shut
up for seven
days
boutside
the camp
, and afterward
she may be received
again."
So aMiriam was shut
up outside
the camp
for seven
days
, and the people
did not move
on until
Miriam
was received
again.
Afterward, however, the people
moved
out from Hazeroth
and camped
in the wilderness
of Paran
.