The Complaint of Miriam and Aaron 1 UEB Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married. BSB BSB: Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
2 UEB They said, "Has Yahweh spoken only with Moses? Has he not spoken also with us?" Now Yahweh heard what they said. BSB BSB: “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
3 UEB Now the man Moses was very humble, humbler than anyone else on earth. BSB BSB: Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
4 UEB Right away Yahweh spoke to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: "Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went 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 UEB Then Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud. He stood at the entrance to the tent and called Aaron and Miriam. They both came forward. 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 UEB Yahweh said, "Now listen to my words. When a prophet of mine is with you, I will reveal myself to him in visions and speak to him in dreams. 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 UEB My servant Moses is not like that. He 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 UEB I speak to Moses directly, not with visions or riddles. He sees my form. So why are you unafraid to speak against my servant, against 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 UEB Yahweh's anger burned against them, and then he left them. BSB BSB: So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
10 UEB The cloud rose from over the tent, and Miriam was suddenly leprous—she was as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward Miriam, he saw that she had leprosy. 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 UEB Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my master, please do not hold this sin against us. We have spoken foolishly, and 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 UEB Please do not let her be like a dead newborn whose flesh is half consumed when it emerges from its 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 UEB So Moses called out to Yahweh. He said, "Please heal her, God, please." BSB BSB: So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
14 UEB Yahweh said to Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, she would be disgraced for seven days. Shut her outside the camp for seven days. After that bring her 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 UEB So Miriam was shut outside the camp for seven days. The people did not journey until she had returned to the camp. 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 UEB After that, the people journeyed from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran. BSB BSB: After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
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