Numbers 12:2-11
English Standard Version
2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? (A)Has he not spoken through us also?” And (B)the Lord heard it. 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. 4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out. 5 And (C)the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. 6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him (D)in a vision; I speak with him (E)in a dream. 7 Not so with (F)my servant Moses. (G)He is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I speak (H)mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in (I)riddles, and he beholds (J)the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.
10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, (K)Miriam was (L)leprous,[a] like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, (M)do not punish us[b] because we have done foolishly and have sinned.
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- Numbers 12:10 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
- Numbers 12:11 Hebrew do not lay sin upon us
Numbers 12:2-11
New International Version
2 “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”(A) And the Lord heard this.(B)
3 (Now Moses was a very humble man,(C) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
4 At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out. 5 Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;(D) he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, 6 he said, “Listen to my words:
“When there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, reveal(E) myself to them in visions,(F)
I speak to them in dreams.(G)
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;(H)
he is faithful in all my house.(I)
8 With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;(J)
he sees the form of the Lord.(K)
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”(L)
9 The anger of the Lord burned against them,(M) and he left them.(N)
10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(O) Miriam’s skin was leprous[a]—it became as white as snow.(P) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(Q) 11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(R)
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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