Liber Numeri 12

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

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married: for he had married a Cushite woman.

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

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

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

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

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

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 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, Hear now my words: If there is 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 At non talis servus meus Moyses, qui in omni domo mea fidelissimus est:

My servant Moses is not so, who 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?

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

9 Iratusque contra eos, abiit:

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against 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 off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, 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, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have 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 one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

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

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

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 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 again.

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

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

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

And afterward the people departed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.