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Numbers 12:1-6

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1 Miriam and Aaron talked against Moses behind his back because of his Cushite wife (he had married a Cushite woman).
1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
2 They said, "Is it only through Moses that God speaks? Doesn't he also speak through us?" God overheard their talk.
2 “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard this.
3 Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth.
3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
4 God broke in suddenly on Moses and Aaron and Miriam saying, "Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting." The three went out.
4 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.
5 God descended in a Pillar of Cloud and stood at the entrance to the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam to him. When they stepped out,
5 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,
6 he said, Listen carefully to what I'm telling you. If there is a prophet of God among you, I make myself known to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams.
6 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.
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