Numbers 12

1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, on account of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for an Ethiopian woman had he married.

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife, an Ethiopian,

2 And they said, Hath then only with Moses the Lord spoken? hath he not also spoken with us? And the Lord heard it.

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,

3 (But the man Moses was very meek, more so than any man who was upon the face of the earth.)

(for Moses was a man exceedingly meek, beyond all the men who were living upon the earth)

4 And the Lord said suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Go out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation; and these three went out.

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,

5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle; and he called Aaron and Miriam, and both of them went out.

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,

6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet of your kind, I, the Lord, do make myself known unto him in a vision, in a dream do I speak with him.

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.

7 Not so is my servant Moses, in all my house is he faithful.

But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is the most faithful in all my house.

8 Mouth to mouth do I speak with him, even evidently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord doth he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

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?”

9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he went away.

And being angry against them, he went away.

10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, [white] as snow; and Aaron turned toward Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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,

11 Then said Aaron unto Moses, Alas, my Lord, do not, I beseech thee, account to us as sin that wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

he said to Moses: “I beg you, my lord, not to impose upon us this sin, which we have committed foolishly.

12 Let her not be as a dead-born child, of which half the flesh is consumed, when it cometh out of its mother's womb.

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.”

13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, O God! do thou heal her, I beseech thee.

And Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, I beg you: heal her.”

14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up seven days outside of the camp, and after that let her be brought in again.

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.”

15 And Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days; and the people did not set forward till Miriam was brought in again.

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.

16 And afterward the people removed from Chazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

And the people set out from Hazeroth, and they pitched their tents in the desert of Paran.