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Chapter 12 |
| 1 | And Miriam and
Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married:
for he had married an Ethiopian woman. |
| 2 | And they said, Hath the LORD
indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard
it. |
| 3 |
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were
upon the face of the earth.) |
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4 | And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses,
and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the
congregation. And they three came out. |
| 5 | And the LORD came down in the
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron
and Miriam: and 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
a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. |
| 7 | My servant
Moses is not so, who is faithful 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 he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to
speak against my servant Moses? |
| 9 | And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against them; and he departed. |
| 10 | And the cloud departed from
off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and
Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. |
| 11 | And Aaron
said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us,
wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. |
| 12 | Let her
not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of
his mother's womb. |
| 13 | And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal
her now, O God, I beseech thee. |
| 14 | And the LORD said unto Moses,
If her father had but 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 | And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven
days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. |
| 16 |
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness
of Paran. |
