Numbers Chapter 12

Numbers Chapter 12
1 Afterward Miriam and Aaron spake
against Moses, because of the woman of
Ethiopia whom he had married (for he
had married a woman of Ethiopia) 2
And they said, What? Hath the Lord
spoken but only by Moses? Hath he not
spoken also by us? And the Lord heard
this.
3 (But Moses was a very meek man,
above all the men that were upon the
earth)
4 And by and by the Lord said unto
Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto
Miriam, come out ye three unto the
tabernacle of the congregation: and they
three came forth.
5 Then 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 said, Hear now my words, If there be
a prophet of the Lord among you, I will
be known to him by a vision, and will
speak unto him by dream. 7 My servant
Moses is not so, who is faithful in all
mine house. 8 Unto him will I speak
mouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in
dark words, but he shall see the
similitude of the Lord. Wherefore then
were ye not afraid to speak against my
servant, even against Moses?
9 Thus the Lord was very angry with
them, and departed.
10 Also the cloud departed from the
tabernacle: and behold,
Miriam was leprous like snow: and
Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold,
she was leprous.
11 Then Aaron said unto Moses, Alas,
my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin
upon us, which we have foolishly
committed and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not, I pray thee, be as one
dead, of whom the flesh is half
consumed, when he cometh out of his
mother’s womb.
13 Then Moses cried unto the Lord,
saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her
now.
14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If her
father had spit in her face, should she not
have been ashamed seven days? Let her
be shut out of the host seven days, and
after she shall be received.
15 So Miriam was shut out of the host
seven days, and the people removed not,
till Miriam was brought in again.
16 Then afterward the people removed
from Hazeroth, and pitched in the
wilderness of Paran.