1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses?oMic. 6:4 Has he not spoken through us also? ” Andpch. 11:1; 2 Kgs. 19:4; Isa. 37:4; Ezek. 35:12, 13; [Mal. 3:16] the Lord heard it. 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. 4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting. ” And the three of them came out. 5 Andqch. 11:25; 16:19 the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. 6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to himrGen. 46:2; Ezek. 1:1; Dan. 8:2; 10:8, 16; Luke 1:11, 22; Acts 10:11; 22:17, 18 in a vision; I speak with himsGen. 20:6; 31:10, 11; 1 Kgs. 3:5; Job 33:15; Matt. 1:20; 27:19 in a dream. 7 Not so withtPs. 105:26 my servant Moses.uHeb. 3:2, 5 He is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I speakvch. 7:89; [Ex. 33:11; Deut. 34:10; 1 Cor. 13:12] mouth to mouth, clearly, and not inwPs. 49:4; 78:2; Prov. 1:6 riddles, and he beholdsx[Ex. 33:20, 23] the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ” 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.
10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold,yDeut. 24:9 Miriam waszSee Lev. 13:10 leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord,a[2 Sam. 19:19; 24:10; Prov. 30:32] do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb. ” 13 And Moses cried to the Lord, “O God, please heal her—please. ” 14 But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had butbDeut. 25:9; Job 30:10 spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her becSee Lev. 13:46 shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again. ” 15 So Miriamd[2 Kgs. 15:5; 2 Chr. 26:20, 21; Luke 17:12] was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again. 16 After that the people set out fromech. 11:35; [ch. 33:18] Hazeroth, and camped infSee ch. 10:12 the wilderness of Paran.