Liber Numeri 12

1 locutaque est Maria et Aaron contra Mosen propter uxorem eius aethiopissam

And Mariam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman.

2 et dixerunt num per solum Mosen locutus est Dominus nonne et nobis similiter est locutus quod cum audisset Dominus

And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it.

3 erat enim Moses vir mitissimus super omnes homines qui morabantur in terra

And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.

4 statim locutus est ad eum et ad Aaron et Mariam egredimini vos tantum tres ad tabernaculum foederis cumque fuissent egressi

And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Mariam, Come forth all three of you to the tabernacle of witness.

5 descendit Dominus in columna nubis et stetit in introitu tabernaculi vocans Aaron et Mariam qui cum issent

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 dixit ad eos audite sermones meos si quis fuerit inter vos propheta Domini in visione apparebo ei vel per somnium loquar ad illum

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 at non talis servus meus Moses qui in omni domo mea fidelissimus est

My servant Moses [is] not so; he is faithful in all my house.

8 ore enim ad os loquor ei et palam non per enigmata et figuras Dominum videt quare igitur non timuistis detrahere servo meo Mosi

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 you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

9 iratusque contra eos abiit

And the great anger of the Lord [was] upon them, and he departed.

10 nubes quoque recessit quae erat super tabernaculum et ecce Maria apparuit candens lepra quasi nix cumque respexisset eam Aaron et vidisset perfusam lepra

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 ait ad Mosen obsecro domine mi ne inponas nobis hoc peccatum quod stulte commisimus

And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech you, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.

12 ne fiat haec quasi mortua et ut abortivum quod proicitur de vulva matris suae ecce iam medium carnis eius devoratum est lepra

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 clamavitque Moses ad Dominum dicens Deus obsecro sana eam

And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech you, heal her.

14 cui respondit Dominus si pater eius spuisset in faciem illius nonne debuerat saltem septem dierum rubore suffundi separetur septem diebus extra castra et postea revocabitur

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 exclusa est itaque Maria extra castra septem diebus et populus non est motus de loco illo donec revocata est Maria

And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed.

16 profectus est de Aseroth fixis tentoriis in deserto Pharan

And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan.