| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman). |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2They said, "Does the LORD speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?" And the LORD heard it. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went out. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then the LORD descended in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them came forward, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He said:" Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the LORD, I make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I speak with him directly, openly, and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?" |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The LORD's anger burned against them, and He left. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam's skin suddenly became diseased, as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward her, he saw that she was diseased |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11and said to Moses, "My lord, please don't hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Please don't let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb." |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "God, please heal her!" |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD answered Moses, "If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn't she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in." |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought back in. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. |
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