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12:1  Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the Cushite woman he had married; for he had in fact married a Cushite woman.
12:2  They complained, “Is it through Moses alone that the Lord has spoken? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard this.
12:3  Now the man Moses was very humble, more than anyone else on earth.
12:4  So at once the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam: Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting. And the three of them went.
12:5  Then the Lord came down in a column of cloud, and standing at the entrance of the tent, called, “Aaron and Miriam.” When both came forward,
12:6  the Lord said: Now listen to my words: If there are prophets among you, in visions I reveal myself to them, in dreams I speak to them;
12:7  Not so with my servant Moses! Throughout my house he is worthy of trust:
12:8  face to face I speak to him, plainly and not in riddles. The likeness of the Lord he beholds. Why, then, do you not fear to speak against my servant Moses?
12:9  And so the Lord’s wrath flared against them, and he departed.
12:10  Now the cloud withdrew from the tent, and there was Miriam, stricken with a scaly infection, white as snow! When Aaron turned toward Miriam and saw her stricken with snow-white scales,
12:11  he said to Moses, “Ah, my lord! Please do not charge us with the sin that we have foolishly committed!
12:12  Do not let her be like the stillborn baby that comes forth from its mother’s womb with its flesh half consumed.”
12:13  Then Moses cried to the Lord, “Please, not this! Please, heal her!”
12:14  But the Lord answered Moses: Suppose her father had spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; afterwards she may be brought back.
12:15  So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not start out again until she was brought back.
12:16  After that the people set out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.