The Complaint of Miriam and Aaron 1 AKJV And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. BSB BSB: Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
2 AKJV And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? has he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. BSB BSB: “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
3 AKJV (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were on the face of the earth.) BSB BSB: Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
4 AKJV And the LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. BSB BSB: And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,
5 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
6 AKJV And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream. BSB BSB: He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
7 AKJV My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house. BSB BSB: But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
8 AKJV 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 you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? BSB BSB: I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
9 AKJV And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. BSB BSB: So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
10 AKJV And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked on Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. BSB BSB: As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
11 AKJV And Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the sin on us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. BSB BSB: and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
12 AKJV Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb. BSB BSB: Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
13 AKJV And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech you. BSB BSB: So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
14 AKJV 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 in again. BSB BSB: But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
15 AKJV And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. BSB BSB: So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
16 AKJV And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. BSB BSB: After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.