Numbers 12

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

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married 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 indeed spoken only by Moses? has he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

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

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were on the face of 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 spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

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 LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they 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, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.

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, who 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?

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

9 And being angry with them he went away:

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against 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 off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked on Miriam, 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, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the sin on us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have 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 one dead, of whom the 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 thee heal her.

And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech you.

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 but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

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 Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

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

And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.