Chapter 12
1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married ; for he had married a Cushite woman.
2 They said , " Has the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses ? Hasn’t he spoken also with us ?" And the LORD heard it .
3 Now the man Moses was very humble , more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
4 The LORD spoke suddenly to Moses , to Aaron, and to Miriam , " You three come out to the Tent of Meeting !" The three of them came out .
5 The LORD came down in a pillar of cloud , and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam ; and they both came forward .
6 He said , " Now hear my words . If there is a prophet amongst you , I , the LORD , will make myself known to him in a vision . I will speak with him in a dream .
7 My servant Moses is not so . He is faithful in all my house .
8 With him , I will speak mouth to mouth , even plainly, and not in riddles ; and he shall see the LORD ’s form . Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant , against Moses ?"
9 The LORD ’s anger burnt against them ; and he departed .
10 The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold , Miriam was leprous , as white as snow . Aaron looked at Miriam , and behold , she was leprous .
11 Aaron said to Moses , " Oh , my lord, please don’t count this sin against us , in which we have done foolishly , and in which we have sinned .
12 Let her not , I pray , be as one dead , of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother ’s womb ."
13 Moses cried to the LORD , saying, " Heal her, God , I beg you !"
14 The LORD said to Moses , "If her father had but spit in her face , shouldn’t she be ashamed seven days ? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days , and after that she shall be brought in again ."
15 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days , and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again.
16 Afterward the people travelled from Hazeroth , and encamped in the wilderness of Paran .