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? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the LORD heard it. |
3 | Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that 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 | And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door 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 him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream. |
7 | Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house. |
8 | With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds 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 | and when the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. |
11 | And Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned. |
12 | Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb." |