1 N ow Miriam and Aaron talked against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite woman.

2 A nd they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.

3 N ow the man Moses was very meek (gentle, kind, and humble) or above all the men on the face of the earth.

4 S uddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting. And the three of them came out.

5 T he Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the Tent door and called Aaron and Miriam, and they came forward.

6 A nd He said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make Myself known to him in a vision and speak to him in a dream.

7 B ut not so with My servant Moses; he is entrusted and faithful in all My house.

8 W ith him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly and not in dark speeches; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?

9 A nd the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and He departed.

10 A nd when the cloud departed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous!

11 A nd Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, I plead with you, lay not the sin upon us in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.

12 L et her not be as one dead, already half decomposed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.

13 A nd Moses cried to the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech You!

14 A nd the Lord said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and after that let her be brought in again.

15 S o Miriam was shut up without the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought in again.

16 A fterward removed from Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.