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Numbers 12

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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);

2 and they said, "Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the Lord heard it.

3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the 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.

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.

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.

7 Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with 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?"

9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.

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.

11 Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us for a sin that we have so foolishly committed.

12 Do not let her be like one stillborn, whose flesh is half consumed when it comes out of its mother's womb."

13 And Moses cried to the Lord, "O God, please heal her."

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."

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.

16 After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

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.