Numbers 12

¹Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married , for he had married a Cushite woman .

²And they said , Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses ? Has he not spoken through us also ? And the Lord heard it.

³Now the man Moses was very meek , more than all people who were on the face of the earth .

⁴And 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 .

⁵And 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 .

⁶And 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 .

⁷Not so with my servant Moses . He is faithful in all my house .

⁸With him I speak mouth to mouth , clearly , and not in riddles , and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses ?

⁹And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed .

¹⁰When the cloud removed from over the tent , behold , Miriam was leprous , like snow . And Aaron turned toward Miriam , and behold , she was leprous .

¹¹And Aaron said to Moses , Oh , my lord , do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned .

¹²Let her not be as one dead , whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb .

¹³And Moses cried to the Lord, O God , please heal her—please .

¹⁴But the Lord said to Moses , If her father had but spit in her face , should she not be shamed seven days ? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days , and after that she may be brought in again.

¹⁵So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days , and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.

¹⁶After that the people set out from Hazeroth , and camped in the wilderness of Paran .