Numbers 12

1 And Mariam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman.

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

2 And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it.

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

3 And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.

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

4 And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Mariam, Come forth all three of you to the tabernacle of witness.

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 three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and Mariam were called; and both came forth.

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 And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him.

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 My servant Moses [is] not so; he is faithful in all my house.

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

8 I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

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 And the great anger of the Lord [was] upon them, and he departed.

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

10 And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, [white] as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she [was] leprous.

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 Aaron said to Moses, I beseech you, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.

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

12 Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother's womb, when [the disease] devours the half of the flesh.

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 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech you, heal her.

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

14 And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.

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 And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed.

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

16 And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan.

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