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| 1Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. | 1Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses on account of the Cushite woman that he had married. |
| 2And they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it. | 2They asked, "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through us?" But the LORD heard it. |
| 3Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. | 3Now the man Moses was very humble—more than any person on earth. |
| 4And suddenly the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out. | 4All of a sudden, the LORD told Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "The three of you are to come out to the Tent of Meeting." So the three of them went out. |
| 5And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. | 5Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. So both of them went forward. |
| 6And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. | 6Then he told the two of them: "Pay attention to what I have to say! When there is a prophet among you, won't I, the LORD, reveal myself to him in a vision? Won't I speak with him in a dream? |
| 7Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. | 7But that's not how it is with my servant Moses, since he has been entrusted with my entire household! |
| 8With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” | 8I speak to him audibly and in visions, not in mysteries. If he can gaze at the image of the LORD, why aren't you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" |
| 9And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed. | 9Because the LORD was very angry with them, he left, |
| 10When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. | 10but when the cloud ascended from the tent, Miriam had become leprous, as white as snow! Aaron turned toward Miriam, and she had leprosy! |
| 11And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned. | 11Aaron begged Moses, "I pray my lord, please don't hold this sin against us, since we've acted foolishly and sinned in doing so. |
| 12Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” | 12Please don't let her be like one of the living dead, who is born with a congenital skin disease." |
| 13And Moses cried to the LORD, “O God, please heal her—please.” | 13So Moses prayed to the LORD: "O LORD, please heal her." |
| 14But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.” | 14But the LORD told Moses, "If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn't she be humiliated? She is to be placed in isolation for seven days. After that, she may be brought in." |
| 15So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again. | 15So Miriam was isolated outside the camp for seven days and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in. |
| 16After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran. | 16After that, the people traveled from Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran. |
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