Numbers 12:1-9 ▼

1 Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman).

2 They said, “Does the LORD speak only through Moses? Does he not also speak through us? ” And the LORD heard it.

3 Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.

4 Suddenly 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 Then 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 he 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 Not so with my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my household.

8 I 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 The LORD’s anger burned against them, and he left.