Numbers 12

1 and to speak: speak Miriam and Aaron in/on/with Moses upon because [the] woman [the] Ethiopian which to take: marry for woman Ethiopian to take: marry

[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.

2 and to say except surely in/on/with Moses to speak: speak LORD not also in/on/with us to speak: speak and to hear: hear LORD

3 and [the] man Moses (poor *Q(K)*) much from all [the] man which upon face [the] land: planet

[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].

4 and to say LORD suddenly to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron and to(wards) Miriam to come out: come three your to(wards) tent meeting and to come out: come three their

So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.

5 and to go down LORD in/on/with pillar cloud and to stand: stand entrance [the] tent and to call: call to Aaron and Miriam and to come out: come two their

Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.

6 and to say to hear: hear please word my if to be prophet your LORD in/on/with vision to(wards) him to know in/on/with dream to speak: speak in/on/with him

Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.

7 not so servant/slave my Moses in/on/with all house: household my be faithful he/she/it

But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].

8 lip to(wards) lip to speak: speak in/on/with him and appearance and not in/on/with riddle and likeness LORD to look and why? not to fear to/for to speak: speak in/on/with servant/slave my in/on/with Moses

So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”

9 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with them and to go: went

Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.

10 and [the] cloud to turn aside: remove from upon [the] tent and behold Miriam be leprous like/as snow and to turn Aaron to(wards) Miriam and behold be leprous

When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.

11 and to say Aaron to(wards) Moses please lord my not please to set: accuse upon us sin which be foolish and which to sin

Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.

12 not please to be like/as to die which in/on/with to come out: produce he from womb mother his and to eat half flesh his

Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”

13 and to cry Moses to(wards) LORD to/for to say God please to heal please to/for her

So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”

14 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses and father her to spit to spit in/on/with face her not be humiliated seven day to shut seven day from outside to/for camp and after to gather

But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”

15 and to shut Miriam from outside to/for camp seven day and [the] people not to set out till to gather Miriam

So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.

16 and after to set out [the] people from Hazeroth and to camp in/on/with wilderness Paran

But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.