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The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron

¹ Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a ^(C1)Cushite woman);^2 (C1)and they said, "Is it a fact that the LORD has spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?" And the LORD heard this.³ (Now the man Moses was ^(C1)very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.)⁴ And the LORD suddenly said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, "You three go out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went out.^5 (C1)Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward,⁶ He said,

"Now hear My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the LORD, will make Myself known to him in a ^(C1)vision.
I will speak with him in a ^(C2)dream.

⁷ "It is not this way for ^(C1)My servant Moses;
^(C2)He is faithful in all My household;

^8 (C1)With him I speak mouth to mouth,
That is, openly, and not ^(F1)using ^(F2)mysterious language,
And he beholds ^(C2)the form of the LORD.
So why were you not afraid
To speak against My servant, against Moses?"

⁹ And the anger of the LORD burned against them and ^(C1)He departed.¹⁰ But when the cloud had withdrawn from above the tent, behold, ^(C1)Miriam was leprous, as ^(C2)white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous.¹¹ Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, I beg you, ^(C1)do not ^(F1)hold us responsible for this sin by which we have turned out to be foolish, and by which we have sinned.¹² "Oh, do not let her be like a dead person, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb!"¹³ So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "God, ^(C1)heal her, please!"¹⁴ But the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had only ^(C1)spit in her face, would she not be put to shame for seven days? Have her shut ^(C2)outside the camp for seven days, and afterward she may be received again."¹⁵ So ^(C1)Miriam was shut outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again.

¹⁶ Afterward, however, the people moved on from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.