Numbers, 12

1. Miriam, and Aaron too, criticised Moses over the Cushite woman he had married. He had indeed married a Cushite woman.

1. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

2. They said, 'Is Moses the only one through whom Yahweh has spoken? Has he not spoken through us too?' Yahweh heard this.

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

3. Now Moses was extremely humble, the humblest man on earth.

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

4. Suddenly Yahweh said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, 'Come out, all three of you, to the Tent of Meeting.' They went, all three of them,

4. And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

5. and Yahweh descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam and they both came forward.

5. 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. Yahweh said: Listen to my words! if there is a prophet among you, I reveal myself to him in a vision, I speak to him in a dream.

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

7. Not so with my servant Moses; to him my whole household is entrusted;

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

8. to him I speak face to face, plainly and not in riddles, and he sees Yahweh's form. How, then, could you dare to criticise my servant Moses?

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

9. Yahweh's anger was aroused by them. He went away,

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

10. and as soon as the cloud left the Tent, there was Miriam covered with a virulent skin-disease, white as snow! Aaron turned to look at her and saw that she had contracted a virulent skin-disease.

10. 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. Aaron said to Moses: 'Oh, my Lord, please do not punish us for the sin we have been foolish enough to commit.

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

12. Do not let her be like some monster with its flesh half eaten away when it leaves its mother's womb!'

12. Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

13. Moses pleaded with Yahweh. 'O God,' he said, 'I beg you, please heal her!'

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

14. Yahweh then said to Moses, 'If her father had done no more than spit in her face, would she not be unclean for seven days? Have her shut out of the camp for seven days, and then have her brought in again.'

14. And the LORD said unto 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 in [again].

15. Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days. The people did not set out until she returned.

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

16. Then the people moved on from Hazeroth and pitched camp in the desert of Paran.

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