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Numbers 12

Common English Bible CEB

1 When they were in Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses on account of the Cushite woman whom he had married—for he had married a Cushite woman.

2 They said, "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through us?" The LORD heard it.

3 Now the man Moses was humble, more so than anyone on earth.

4 Immediately, the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "You three go out to the meeting tent." So the three of them went out.

5 Then the LORD descended in a column of cloud, stood at the entrance of the tent, and called to Aaron and Miriam. The two of them came forward.

6 He said, "Listen to my words: If there is a prophet of the LORD among you, I make myself known to him in visions. I speak to him in dreams.

7 But not with my servant Moses. He has proved to be reliable with all my household.

8 I speak with him face-to-face, visibly, not in riddles. He sees the LORD's form. So why aren't you afraid to criticize my servant Moses?"

9 The LORD's anger blazed against them, and they went back.

10 When the cloud went away from over the tent, Miriam suddenly developed a skin disease flaky like snow. Aaron turned toward Miriam and saw her skin disease.

11 Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my master, please don't punish us for the sin that we foolishly committed.

12 Please don't let her be like the stillborn, whose flesh is half eaten as it comes out of the mother's womb."

13 So Moses cried to the LORD, "God, please heal her!"

14 The LORD said to Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and afterward she will be brought back."

15 So they shut Miriam out of the camp seven days. And the people didn't march until Miriam was brought back.

16 Afterward the people marched from Hazeroth, and they camped in the Paran desert.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Miriam and Aaron talked against Moses behind his back because of his Cushite wife (he had married a Cushite woman).

2 They said, "Is it only through Moses that God speaks? Doesn't he also speak through us?" God overheard their talk.

3 Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on 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.

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,

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.

7 But I don't do it that way with my servant Moses; he has the run of my entire house;

8 I speak to him intimately, in person, in plain talk without riddles: He ponders the very form of God. So why did you show no reverence or respect in speaking against my servant, against Moses?

9 The anger of God blazed out against them. And then he left.

10 When the Cloud moved off from the Tent, oh! Miriam had turned leprous, her skin like snow. Aaron took one look at Miriam - a leper!

11 He said to Moses, "Please, my master, please don't come down so hard on us for this foolish and thoughtless sin.

12 Please don't make her like a stillborn baby coming out of its mother's womb with half its body decomposed."

13 And Moses prayed to God: Please, God, heal her, please heal her.

14 God answered Moses, "If her father had spat in her face, wouldn't she be ostracized for seven days? Quarantine her outside the camp for seven days. Then she can be readmitted to the camp."

15 So Miriam was in quarantine outside the camp for seven days. The people didn't march on until she was readmitted.

16 Only then did the people march from Hazeroth and set up camp in the Wilderness of Paran.