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1 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had indeed married a Cushite woman);
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Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.
2 and they said, "Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the Lord heard it.
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And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.
3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.
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Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.
4 Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting." So the three of them came out.
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And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of meeting. And the three of them went out.
5 Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.
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And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.
6 And he said, "Hear my words: When there are prophets among you, I the Lord make myself known to them in visions; I speak to them in dreams.
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And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.
7 Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house.
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My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:
8 With him I speak face to face—clearly, not in riddles; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
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With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.
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And burning with wrath against them, the Lord went away.
10 When the cloud went away from over the tent, Miriam had become leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam and saw that she was leprous.
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And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.
11 Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us for a sin that we have so foolishly committed.
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Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners.
12 Do not let her be like one stillborn, whose flesh is half consumed when it comes out of its mother's womb."
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Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother.
13 And Moses cried to the Lord, "O God, please heal her."
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And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.
14 But the Lord said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and after that she may be brought in again."
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And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.
15 So Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days; and the people did not set out on the march until Miriam had been brought in again.
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So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.
16 After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
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After that, the people went on from Hazeroth and put up their tents in the waste land of Paran.
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