Numbers 12:1WEB
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
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Numbers 12:1WEB
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
Numbers 12:2WEB
They said, “Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And Yahweh heard it.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:3WEB
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Numbers 12:4WEB
Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came out.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:5WEB
Yahweh 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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:6WEB
He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:7WEB
My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
Numbers 12:8WEB
With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:9WEB
Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:10WEB
The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
Numbers 12:11WEB
Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.
Numbers 12:12WEB
Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
Numbers 12:13WEB
Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:14WEB
Yahweh 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.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Numbers 12:15WEB
Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.
Numbers 12:16WEB
Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.