Numbers 12:1-15 ▼

1 Then Miriam (rebellion) and Aaron (light bringer) criticized Moses (drawn out) because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

2 “Does the LORD {YHWH} speak only through Moses (drawn out)?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

3 Now Moses (drawn out) was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

4 And suddenly the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out), Aaron (light bringer), and Miriam (rebellion), “You⁺ three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

5 and the LORD {YHWH} came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron (light bringer) and Miriam (rebellion). When both of them had stepped forward,

6 He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you⁺, I, the LORD {YHWH}, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

7 But this is not so with My servant Moses (drawn out); he is faithful in all My house .

8 I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD {YHWH}. Why then were you⁺ unafraid to speak against My servant Moses (drawn out)?”

9 So the anger of the LORD {YHWH} burned against them, and He departed.

10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam (rebellion) became leprous, white as snow. Aaron (light bringer) turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

11 and said (light bringer) to Moses (drawn out), “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

12 Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

13 So Moses (drawn out) cried out to the LORD {YHWH}, “O God, please heal her!”

14 But the LORD {YHWH} answered Moses (drawn out), “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

15 So Miriam (rebellion) was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.