Numbers 12

1 And Miriam speaks—Aaron also—against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken, for he had taken a Cushite woman;

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married: for he had married a Cushite woman.

2 and they say, “Has YHWH only spoken by Moses? Has he not also spoken by us?” And YHWH hears.

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoke only by Moses? hath he not spoke also by us? And the LORD heard [it].

3 And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground.

(Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men who [were] upon the face of the earth.)

4 And YHWH suddenly says to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting”; and those three come out.

And the LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out ye three to the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

5 And YHWH comes down in the pillar of the cloud, and stands at the opening of the tent, and calls Aaron and Miriam, and both of them come out.

And 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 says, “Now hear My words: If your prophet is of YHWH, I make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.

And he said, Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, [and] will speak to him in a dream.

7 Not so My servant Moses; He [is] steadfast in all My house.

My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in all my house.

8 I speak with him mouth to mouth, Even [by] an appearance, and not in riddles; And he beholds the form of YHWH attentively. Now why have you not been afraid To speak against My servant—against Moses?”

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

9 And the anger of YHWH burns against them, and He goes on,

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.

10 and the cloud has turned aside from off the tent, and behold, Miriam [is] leprous as snow; and Aaron turns to Miriam, and behold, leprous!

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold, [she was] leprous.

11 And Aaron says to Moses, “O my lord, please do not lay [this] sin on us [in] which we have been foolish, and [in] which we have sinned;

And Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

12 please do not let her be as [one] dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother—the half of his flesh is consumed.”

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed at the time of his birth.

13 And Moses cries to YHWH, saying, “O God, please give healing to her! Please!”

And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

14 And YHWH says to Moses, “But [if] her father had but spat in her face—is she not ashamed [for] seven days? She is shut out [for] seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterward she is gathered.”

And the LORD said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received [again].

15 And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp [for] seven days, and the people have not journeyed until Miriam is gathered;

And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again].

16 and afterward the people have journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran.

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