Numbers 12 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Miriam and Aaron Speak Against Moses

1 Then Miriam ^H4813 and Aaron ^H175 spoke ^H1696 against Moses ^H4872 because ^H5921 H182 of the Cushite ^H3571 woman ^H802 whom ^H834 he had taken ^H3947 as a wife (for he had taken ^H3947 a Cushite ^H3571 woman ^H802);

2 and they said ^H559, “Has Yahweh ^H3068 indeed ^H389 spoken ^H1696 only ^H7534 H389 through Moses ^H4872? Has He not spoken ^H1696 through us as well ^H1571?” And Yahweh ^H3068 heard ^H8085 it. 3 (Now the man ^H376 Moses ^H4872 was very ^H3966 humble ^H6035, more ^H4480 than ^H4480 any ^H3605 man ^H120 who ^H834 was on the face ^H6440 of the earth ^H127.) 4 Suddenly ^H6597 Yahweh ^H3068 said ^H559 to Moses ^H4872 and Aaron ^H175 and to Miriam ^H4813, “You three ^H7969 come ^H3318 out ^H3318 to the tent ^H168 of meeting ^H4150.” So the three ^H7969 of them came ^H3318 out ^H3318. 5 Then Yahweh ^H3068 came ^H3381 down ^H3381 in a pillar ^H5982 of cloud ^H6051 and stood ^H5975 at the doorway ^H6607 of the tent ^H168, and He called ^H7121 [fn]Aaron ^H175 and Miriam ^H4813. And then both ^H8147 came ^H3318 forward ^H3318, 6 and He said ^H559,

“Hear ^H8085 now ^H4994 My words ^H1697:

If ^H518 there is a prophet ^H5030 among you,

I, Yahweh ^H3068, shall make ^H3045 Myself known ^H3045 to him in a vision ^H4759.

I shall speak ^H1696 with him in a dream ^H2472.

7 “Not so ^H3651, with My servant ^H5650 Moses ^H4872,

He is faithful ^H539 in all ^H3605 My household ^H1004;

8 With him I speak ^H1696 mouth ^H6310 to mouth ^H6310,

Indeed clearly ^H4758, and not in riddles ^H2420,

And he beholds ^H5027 the form ^H8544 of Yahweh ^H3068.

Why ^H4069 then were ^H3372 you not afraid ^H3372

To speak ^H1696 against My servant ^H5650, against Moses ^H4872?”

9 So the anger ^H639 of Yahweh ^H3068 burned ^H2734 against them, and He went ^H1980 away. 10 But the cloud ^H6051 withdrew ^H5493 from over ^H5921 the tent ^H168, and behold ^H2009, Miriam ^H4813 was leprous ^H6879, as white as snow ^H7950. And Aaron ^H175 turned ^H6437 toward ^H413 Miriam ^H4813, and behold ^H2009, she was leprous ^H6879. 11 Then Aaron ^H175 said ^H559 to Moses ^H4872, “Oh ^H994, my lord ^H113, I beg ^H994 you, do not place ^H5921 this sin ^H2403 on us, in which ^H834 we have acted ^H2973 foolishly ^H2973 and in which ^H834 we have sinned ^H2398. 12 Oh ^H4994, do not let her be like one dead ^H4191, whose ^H834 flesh ^H1320 is half ^H2677 eaten ^H398 away when he comes ^H3318 from his mother’s ^H517 womb ^H7358!” 13 And Moses ^H4872 cried ^H6817 out ^H6817 to Yahweh ^H3068, saying ^H559, “O God ^H410, heal ^H7495 her, I pray ^H4994!” 14 But Yahweh ^H3068 said ^H559 to Moses ^H4872, “If her father ^H1 had but spit ^H3417 in her face ^H6440, would she not bear ^H3637 her dishonor ^H3637 for seven ^H7651 days ^H3117? Let her be shut ^H5462 up ^H5462 for seven ^H7651 days ^H3117 outside ^H4480 H2351 the camp ^H4264, and afterward ^H310 she may be received ^H622 again.” 15 So Miriam ^H4813 was shut ^H5462 up ^H5462 outside ^H4480 H2351 the camp ^H4264 for seven ^H7651 days ^H3117, and the people ^H5971 did not set ^H5265 out ^H5265 until ^H5704 Miriam ^H4813 was received ^H622 again.

16 Afterward ^H310, however, the people ^H5971 set ^H5265 out ^H5265 from Hazeroth ^H2698 and camped ^H2583 in the wilderness ^H4057 of Paran ^H6290.