Numbers 12

Revised Geneva Translation

12 Afterward, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the woman from Ethiopia whom he had married (for he had married a woman from Ethiopia).

² And they said, “What? Has the LORD spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us?” And the LORD heard.

³ Now, Moses was a very humble man, above all the men who were upon the Earth.

⁴ And by and by, the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tabernacle of the Congregation.” And they three came forth.

⁵ Then 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 is a Prophet of the LORD among you, I will be known to him by a vision, and will speak to him by dream.

⁷ “My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all My House.

⁸ “To him I will speak mouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in dark words. But he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant, Moses?”

⁹ Thus the LORD was very angry with them and departed.

¹⁰ Also, the cloud departed from the Tabernacle. And behold, Miriam was leprous like snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam. And behold, she was leprous.

¹¹ Then Aaron said to Moses, “Alas, my lord, I beg you, do not lay the sin upon us which we have foolishly committed, and in which we have sinned.

¹² “Please do not let her be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

¹³ Then Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “O God, I beg You, heal her now.”

¹⁴ And the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, should she not have been ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days. And afterward she shall be received.”

¹⁵ So Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days. And the people did not set out until Miriam was brought in again.