Liber Numeri 12

1 Locutaque est Maria et Aaron contra Moysen propter uxorem eius Æthiopissam,

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

2 et dixerunt: Num per solum Moysen locutus est Dominus? Nonne et nobis similiter est locutus? Quod cum audisset Dominus,

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

3 (erat enim Moyses vir mitissimus super omnes homines qui morabantur in terra)

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

4 statim locutus est ad eum, et ad Aaron et Mariam: Egredimini vos tantum tres ad tabernaculum fœderis. Cumque fuissent egressi,

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

5 descendit Dominus in columna nubis, et stetit in introitu tabernaculi vocans Aaron et Mariam. Qui cum issent,

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 dixit ad eos: Audite sermones meos: si quis fuerit inter vos propheta Domini, in visione apparebo ei, vel per somnium loquar ad illum.

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 At non talis servus meus Moyses, qui in omni domo mea fidelissimus est:

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

8 ore enim ad os loquor ei: et palam, et non per ænigmata et figuras Dominum videt. Quare ergo non timuistis detrahere servo meo Mosyi?

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 Iratusque contra eos, abiit:

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

10 nubes quoque recessit quæ erat super tabernaculum: et ecce Maria apparuit candens lepra quasi nix. Cumque respexisset eam Aaron, et vidisset perfusam lepra,

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 ait ad Moysen: Obsecro domine mi, ne imponas nobis hoc peccatum quod stulte commisimus,

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

12 ne fiat hæc quasi mortua, et ut abortivum quod proiicitur de vulva matris suæ. Ecce iam medium carnis eius devoratum est a lepra.

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 Clamavitque Moyses ad Dominum, dicens: Deus, obsecro, sana eam.

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

14 Cui respondit Dominus: Si pater eius spuisset in faciem illius, nonne debuerat saltem septem diebus rubore suffundi? Separetur septem diebus extra castra, et postea revocabitur.

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 Exclusa est itaque Maria extra castra septem diebus: et populus non est motus de loco illo, donec revocata est Maria.

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

16 Profectusque est populus de Haseroth fixis tentoriis in deserto Pharan.

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