Numbers 12 (GNV)

1Afterward Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of the woman of Ethiopia whome hee had maried (for hee had married a woman of Ethiopia)Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

2And they saide, What? hath the Lord spoken but onely by Moses? hath he not spoken also by vs? and the Lord heard this.“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

3(But Moses was a verie meeke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth)Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

4And by and by the Lord sayd vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and vnto Miriam, come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth.And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

5Then the Lord came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forth.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,

6And hee saide, Heare nowe my wordes, If there be a Prophet of the Lord among you, I will be knowen to him by a vision, and will speake vnto him by dreame.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.

7My seruant Moses is not so, who is faithfull in all mine house.But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

8Vnto him will I speake mouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in darke wordes, but hee shall see the similitude of the Lord. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speake against my seruant, euen against Moses?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?”

9Thus the Lord was very angrie with them, and departed.So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.

10Also the cloude departed from the Tabernacle: and beholde, Miriam was leprous like snowe: and Aaron looked vpon Miriam, and beholde, she was leprous.As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

11Then Aaron saide vnto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sinne vpon vs, which we haue foolishly committed and wherein we haue sinned.and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

12Let her not, I pray thee, be as one dead, of whome the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

13Then Moses cryed vnto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heale her nowe.So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

14And the Lord said vnto Moses, If her father had spit in her face, shoulde she not haue bene ashamed seuen dayes? let her be shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and after she shall bee receiued.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.”

15So Miriam was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and the people remooued not, till Miriam was brought in againe.So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.

16Then afterwarde the people remooued from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wildernesse of Paran.After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 12

The Complaint of Miriam and Aaron