Numbers 12:1-9 ▼

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.