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The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.
The Complaints of Miriam and Aaron
While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.
While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.
And they said, Has Jehovah indeed spoken only to Moses? has he not spoken also to us? And Jehovah heard it.
They said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he spoken through us, too?” But the LORD heard them.
But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.
(Now Moses was very humble — more humble than any other person on earth.)
Then Jehovah spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they went out, they three.
And Jehovah came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak to him in a dream.
And the LORD said to them, “Now listen to what I say:
“If there were prophets among you,
I, the LORD, would reveal myself in visions.
I would speak to them in dreams.
“If there were prophets among you,
I, the LORD, would reveal myself in visions.
I would speak to them in dreams.
Not so my servant Moses: he is faithful in all my house.
But not with my servant Moses.
Of all my house, he is the one I trust.
Of all my house, he is the one I trust.
Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
I speak to him face to face,
clearly, and not in riddles!
He sees the LORD as he is.
So why were you not afraid
to criticize my servant Moses?”
clearly, and not in riddles!
He sees the LORD as he is.
So why were you not afraid
to criticize my servant Moses?”
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them, and he went away;
The LORD was very angry with them, and he departed.
and the cloud departed from off the tent. And behold, Miriam was leprous as snow; and Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
Then Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not this sin upon us, wherein we have been foolish, and have sinned!
he cried out to Moses, “Oh, my master! Please don’t punish us for this sin we have so foolishly committed.
Let her not be as one stillborn, half of whose flesh is consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
Don’t let her be like a stillborn baby, already decayed at birth.”
And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, O God, heal her, I beseech thee!
So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, I beg you, please heal her!”
And Jehovah said to Moses, But had her father anyways spat in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? She shall be shut outside the camp seven days, and afterwards she shall be received in [again].
But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had done nothing more than spit in her face, wouldn’t she be defiled for seven days? So keep her outside the camp for seven days, and after that she may be accepted back.”
And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in [again].
So Miriam was kept outside the camp for seven days, and the people waited until she was brought back before they traveled again.