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1 And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian,
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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: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? Hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this,
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and they said, "Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the Lord heard it.
3 (For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth)
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Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.
4 Immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Mary: Come out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were come out,
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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 The Lord came down in a pillar of the cloud, and stood in the entry of the tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. And when they were come,
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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 He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.
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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 But it is not so with my servant Moses who is most faithful in all my house:
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Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house.
8 For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?
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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 being angry with them he went away:
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And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.
10 The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy,
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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 He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:
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Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us for a sin that we have so foolishly committed.
12 Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother’s womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.
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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, saying O God, I beseech thee heal her.
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And Moses cried to the Lord, "O God, please heal her."
14 And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall be called again.
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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 Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.
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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 (13-1) And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.
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After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
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