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Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
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.
“Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” And the Lord heard this.
And they said, Has Jehovah indeed spoken only to Moses? has he not spoken also to us? And Jehovah heard it.
(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.
At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out.
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.
Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward,
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.
he said, “Listen to my words:
“When there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions,
I speak to them in dreams.
“When there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions,
I speak to them in dreams.
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.
But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.
he is faithful in all my house.
Not so my servant Moses: he is faithful in all my house.
With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”
clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”
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?
The anger of the Lord burned against them, and he left them.
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them, and he went away;
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.
and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.
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!
Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”
Let her not be as one stillborn, half of whose flesh is consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!”
And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, O God, heal her, I beseech thee!
The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back.”
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].
So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till she was brought back.
And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in [again].