Números 12

¹ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had marriedZipporah, Moses' wife, was a Midianite, and because Midian bordered on Ethiopia, it is sometimes referred to in the scriptures by this name.an Ethiopian woman.

² And they saide, What? hath the Lorde spoken but onely by Moses? hath he not spoken also by vs? and the Lord heard this.

³ (Now the man Moses [was] veryAnd so endured their grudging, although he knew of them.meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)

⁴ And by and by the Lorde sayd vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and vnto Miriam, come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth.

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

⁶ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in aThese were the two ordinary means.vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

⁷ My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithfulIn all Israel which was his Church.in all mine house.

⁸ With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall heAs far as any man was able to comprehend, which he calls his back parts, (Exo_33:23).behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

⁹ Thus the Lorde was very angrie with them, and departed.

¹⁰ And the cloud departed from off theFrom the door of the tabernacle.tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.

¹¹ Then 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.

¹² Let her not be as oneAs a child that is stillborn, as if it is only the skin.dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

¹³ Then Moses cryed vnto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heale her nowe.

¹⁴ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had butIn his displeasure.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].

¹⁵ So Miriam was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and the people remooued not, till Miriam was brought in againe.

¹⁶ And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness ofThat is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, (Num_33:18).Paran.