[1] Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom
he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman; [2] and they said, "Has
the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us
also?" And the LORD heard it. [3] Now the man Moses was very meek, more
than all men that were on the face of the earth. [4] And suddenly the LORD
said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tent of
meeting." And the three of them came out. [5] And the LORD came down in a
pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent, and called Aaron and
Miriam; and they both came forward. [6] And he said, "Hear my words: If
there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a
vision, I speak with him in a dream. [7] Not so with my servant Moses; he
is entrusted with all my house. [8] With him I speak mouth to mouth,
clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why
then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" [9] And the
anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed; [10] and when
the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white
as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. [11]
And Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have
done foolishly and have sinned. [12] Let her not be as one dead, of whom
the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb." [13]
And Moses cried to the LORD, "Heal her, O God, I beseech thee." [14] But
the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she
not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp seven days,
and after that she may be brought in again." [15] So Miriam was shut up
outside the camp seven days; and the people did not set out on the march
till Miriam was brought in again. [16] After that the people set out from
Haze'roth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
