Numbers 12

1 And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,

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

2 And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this,

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

3 (For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)

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

4 Immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Mary: Come out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were come out,

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

5 The Lord came down in a pillar of the cloud, and stood in the entry of the tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. And when they were come,

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.

6 He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

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.

7 But it is not so with my servant Moses a who is most faithful in all my house:

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

8 For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?

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?

9 And being angry with them he went away:

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

10 The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy,

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.

11 He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:

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

12 Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother’s womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.

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.

13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: O God, I beseech thee heal her.

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

14 And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and after wards she shall be called again.

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.

15 Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.

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

16 And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.

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