Numbers 12
1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife, an Ethiopian,
And Mariam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman.
2 and they said: “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not also spoken similarly to us?” And when the Lord had heard this,
And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it.
3 (for Moses was a man exceedingly meek, beyond all the men who were living upon the earth)
And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.
4 immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Miriam, “Go out, you three only, to the tabernacle of the covenant.” And when they had gone out,
And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Mariam, Come forth all three of you to the tabernacle of witness.
5 the Lord descended in a column of cloud, and he stood at the entrance of the tabernacle, calling to Aaron and Miriam. And when they had advanced,
And the three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and Mariam were called; and both came forth.
6 he said to them: “Listen to my words. If there will be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him through a dream.
And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him.
7 But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is the most faithful in all my house.
My servant Moses [is] not so; he is faithful in all my house.
8 For I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly. And not through enigmas and figures does he perceive the Lord. Therefore, why were you not afraid to disparage my servant Moses?”
I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9 And being angry against them, he went away.
And the great anger of the Lord [was] upon them, and he departed.
10 Likewise, the cloud which was over the tabernacle withdrew. And behold, Miriam appeared to be white with a leprosy, like snow. And when Aaron had looked upon her, and he had seen the spreading of the leprosy,
And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, [white] as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she [was] leprous.
11 he said to Moses: “I beg you, my lord, not to impose upon us this sin, which we have committed foolishly.
And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech thee, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.
12 Do not let this one be like one who is dead, or like an abortion that has been cast from the womb of her mother. Behold, half of her flesh is already consumed by leprosy.”
Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother's womb, when [the disease] devours the half of the flesh.
13 And Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, I beg you: heal her.”
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her.
14 And the Lord answered him: “If her father had spit on her face, should she not have been filled with shame for at least seven days? Let her be separated, outside the camp, for seven days, and after that, she will be called back.”
And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.
15 And so Miriam was excluded from the camp for seven days. And the people did not move from that place, until Miriam was called back.
And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed.
16 And the people set out from Hazeroth, and they pitched their tents in the desert of Paran.
And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan.
