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1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the Cushite woman he had married; for he had in fact married a Cushite woman. Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
2 And they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it. They complained, “Is it through Moses alone that the LORD has spoken? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard this. “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard this.
3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. Now the man Moses was very humble, more than anyone else on earth. (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
4 And 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. So at once the LORD said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam: Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting. And the three of them went. At once the LORD said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out.
5 And 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. Then the LORD came down in a column of cloud, and standing at the entrance of the tent, called, “Aaron and Miriam.” When both came forward, Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward,
6 And 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. the LORD said: Now listen to my words: If there are prophets among you, in visions I reveal myself to them, in dreams I speak to them; he said, “Listen to my words: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.
7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. Not so with my servant Moses! Throughout my house he is worthy of trust: But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.
8 With 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?” face to face I speak to him, plainly and not in riddles. The likeness of the LORD he beholds. Why, then, do you not fear to speak against my servant Moses? With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed. And so the LORD’s wrath flared against them, and he departed. The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.
10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. Now the cloud withdrew from the tent, and there was Miriam, stricken with a scaly infection, white as snow! When Aaron turned toward Miriam and saw her stricken with snow-white scales, When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam’s skin was leprous —it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,
11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned. he said to Moses, “Ah, my lord! Please do not charge us with the sin that we have foolishly committed! and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.
12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” Do not let her be like the stillborn baby that comes forth from its mother’s womb with its flesh half consumed.” Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”
13 And Moses cried to the LORD, “O God, please heal her—please.” Then Moses cried to the LORD, “Please, not this! Please, heal her!” So Moses cried out to the LORD, “Please, God, heal her!”
14 But 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.” But the LORD answered Moses: Suppose her father had spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; afterwards she may be brought back. The LORD replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back.”
15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again. So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not start out again until she was brought back. So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till she was brought back.
16 After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran. After that the people set out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.
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