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Chapter 12· Book IV of 39
1Verse 1. Open verse actions.Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. 2Verse 2. Open verse actions.They said, “Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And Yahweh heard it. 3Verse 3. Open verse actions.Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth. 4Verse 4. Open verse actions.Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came out. 5Verse 5. Open verse actions.Yahweh 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. 6Verse 6. Open verse actions.He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream. 7Verse 7. Open verse actions.My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house. 8Verse 8. Open verse actions.With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?” 9Verse 9. Open verse actions.Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed. 10Verse 10. Open verse actions.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. 11Verse 11. Open verse actions.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. 12Verse 12. Open verse actions.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.” 13Verse 13. Open verse actions.Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!” 14Verse 14. Open verse actions.Yahweh 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.” 15Verse 15. Open verse actions.Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in again. 16Verse 16. Open verse actions.Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.