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Numbers 12
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Numbers 12
EasyEnglish Bible
Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses
12 Moses had married a woman who was a descendant of Cush. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because he had married that woman.[a] 2 They said, ‘We do not believe that the Lord has really spoken only by Moses. We believe that he has spoken by us too.’ The Lord heard what they said.
3 Moses was a very humble man. He was the most humble person in the whole world.
4 Immediately, the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, ‘You three people come out to the Tent of Meeting.’ So the three people went there. 5 Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud. He stood at the door of the tent. He said that Aaron and Miriam should come nearer. They both came nearer. 6 Then he said, ‘Listen to my words! If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, will show myself to him in a vision. Or I will speak to him in a dream. 7 But it is different when I speak to Moses. He is the one that I trust to lead all my people. 8 I speak clearly to him, as I come near to him. I do not say things to him that are hard to understand. He even sees the shape of the Lord. So you should have been afraid to speak against my servant Moses!’
9 So the Lord was very angry with Aaron and Miriam and he left them. 10 But when the cloud had gone away from over the tent, Miriam's skin became white, like snow. She now had the bad disease called leprosy in her skin. Aaron looked at her and he saw that she had leprosy.
11 Then Aaron said to Moses, ‘My master, please do not punish us because we have done this very silly thing. We have done a bad thing. 12 But do not let Miriam be like a baby that is born dead, with a body that is only half there.’
13 So Moses called loudly to the Lord, ‘Please God, make her well again!’ 14 But the Lord said to Moses, ‘Even if her father had spat on her face, she would have to be ashamed for seven days. So you must keep her outside the camp for seven days. After that you can let her come back inside the camp.’
15 So Moses kept Miriam outside the camp for seven days. The people did not start to travel again until they had brought Miriam back into the camp again.
16 After that, the people left Hazeroth. They went to the Paran desert and they put up their tents there.
Footnotes
- 12:1 Aaron and Miriam were Moses' brother and sister. They were leaders too. They helped Moses.
4 Moseboken 12
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
4 Moseboken 12
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Mirjam och Aron går emot Mose
12 Mirjam och Aron talade illa om Mose på grund av den kushitiska[a] kvinnan som han hade tagit till hustru, för han hade tagit en kushitisk kvinna till hustru. 2 De sade: ”Är Mose den ende som Herren talar genom? Talar han inte också genom oss?” Och Herren hörde det. 3 Mose var en mycket ödmjuk man, mer än någon annan människa på jorden.
4 Genast sade Herren till Mose, Aron och Mirjam: ”Gå ut, ni tre, till uppenbarelsetältet.” Och de gick dit ut alla tre. 5 Då steg Herren ner i en molnpelare och ställde sig vid ingången till tältet. Han kallade på Aron och Mirjam, och de gick båda dit. 6 Och han sade:
”Hör nu mina ord.
Om det finns en Herrens profet
ibland er,
ger jag mig till känna för honom
i en syn
och talar med honom i en dröm.
7 (A) Men så gör jag inte
med min tjänare Mose.
I hela mitt hus är han betrodd.[b]
8 (B) Jag talar med honom
ansikte mot ansikte[c],
tydligt och inte i gåtor,
och han får se Herrens gestalt.
Varför var ni då inte rädda
för att tala illa
om min tjänare Mose?”
9 Och Herrens vrede upptändes mot dem, och han lämnade dem.
10 När molnskyn drog sig tillbaka från tältet, se, då var Mirjam vit som snö av spetälska. Aron vände sig till Mirjam och såg att hon var spetälsk. 11 Då sade Aron till Mose: ”O, min herre, lägg inte på oss denna synd som vi i vår dårskap har begått. 12 Låt henne inte bli som ett dödfött foster vars kropp är till hälften förtärd när det kommer ut ur moderlivet.”
13 Då ropade Mose till Herren: ”O, Gud, gör henne frisk!” 14 (C) Herren svarade Mose: ”Om hennes far hade spottat henne i ansiktet, skulle hon då inte ha fått skämmas i sju dagar? Håll henne därför instängd utanför lägret i sju dagar. Sedan ska hon tas emot igen.”
15 I sju dagar hölls Mirjam instängd utanför lägret, och folket bröt inte upp förrän Mirjam hade förts tillbaka.
Footnotes
- 12:1 kushitisk Moses hustru Sippora var midjanitiska (2 Mos 2:16f), medan Kush normalt syftar på Nubien söder om Egypten. Judisk tradition tolkar ordet som att Sippora var ”mörkhyad” (jfr Höga V 1:5). Enligt en annan tolkning kan det röra sig om en andra hustru.
- 12:7 Citeras i Hebr 3:2 vid en jämförelse mellan Mose och Kristus.
- 12:8 ansikte mot ansikte Används i 1 Kor 13:12 om full gemenskap med Gud i hans kommande rike.
Numbers 12
New International Version
Numbers 12
New International Version
Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
12 Miriam(A) and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife,(B) for he had married a Cushite. 2 “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”(C) And the Lord heard this.(D)
3 (Now Moses was a very humble man,(E) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
4 At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out. 5 Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;(F) he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, 6 he said, “Listen to my words:
“When there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, reveal(G) myself to them in visions,(H)
I speak to them in dreams.(I)
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;(J)
he is faithful in all my house.(K)
8 With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;(L)
he sees the form of the Lord.(M)
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”(N)
9 The anger of the Lord burned against them,(O) and he left them.(P)
10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(Q) Miriam’s skin was leprous[a]—it became as white as snow.(R) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(S) 11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(T) 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!(U)”
14 The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face,(V) would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp(W) for seven days; after that she can be brought back.” 15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp(X) for seven days,(Y) and the people did not move on till she was brought back.
16 After that, the people left Hazeroth(Z) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.(AA)
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
Numbers 12
King James Version
Numbers 12
King James Version
12 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
4 And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
5 And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed.
10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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