Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he had married an Ethiopian woman).
2They said, “Has the
3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)
The Response of the Lord
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7My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.
8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the
9The anger of the
10When the cloud departed from above the tent, Miriam became leprous as snow. Then Aaron looked at Miriam, and she was leprous!
The Intercession of Moses
11So Aaron said to Moses, “O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned!
12Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother’s womb!”
13Then Moses cried to the
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15So Miriam was shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought back in.
16After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.