Numbers 12:1-9 ▼

1 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.

2 They complained, “Is it through Moses alone that the LORD has spoken? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard this.

3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more than anyone else on earth.

4 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.

5 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,

6 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;

7 Not so with my servant Moses! Throughout my house he is worthy of trust:

8 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?

9 And so the LORD’s wrath flared against them, and he departed.