Chapter 12

¹Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. ²They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us? Yahweh heard it. ³Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth. ⁴Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting. They three came out. ⁵Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth. ⁶He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. ⁷My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house: ⁸with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? ⁹The anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed. ¹⁰The cloud removed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. ¹¹Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don’t lay sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. ¹²Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb. ¹³Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you. ¹⁴Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again. ¹⁵Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again. ¹⁶Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.