Numbers 12:1-13 ▼

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

2 They said, |Has the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us?| And the LORD heard it.

3 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

4 The LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, |You three come out to the Tent of Meeting.| The three of them came out.

5 The LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.

6 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. I will speak with him in a dream.

7 My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

8 With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even openly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?|

9 The anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.

10 The cloud departed from over the Tent; and look, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and look, she was leprous.

11 Aaron said to Moses, |Oh, my lord, please do not count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

12 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.|

13 Moses cried to the LORD, saying, |Heal her, God, I beg you.|