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 Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the 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: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord 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 exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon 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 Mary: Come out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when they were come 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 came down in a pillar of the cloud, and stood in the entry of the tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. And when they were come,

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: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in 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 a who is 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 to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?

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

And being angry with 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.

The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with 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 beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:

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.

Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother’s womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.

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

And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: O God, I beseech thee 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 spitten upon her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the camp, and after wards she shall be called again.

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.

Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.

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

And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.