Numbers 12:1-8

New American Standard Bible

The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron

12 Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a ^(A)Cushite woman); ²^(B)and they said, “Is it a fact that the Lord has spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?” And the Lord heard this. ³(Now the man Moses was ^(C)very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.) ⁴And the Lord suddenly said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “You three go out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went out. ⁵^(D)Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, ⁶He said,

“Now hear My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, will make Myself known to him in a ^(E)vision.
I will speak with him in a ^(F)dream.
⁷It is not this way for ^(G)My servant Moses;
^(H)He is faithful in all My household;
⁸^(I)With him I speak mouth to mouth,
That is, openly, and not ^[a]using ^[b]mysterious language,
And he beholds ^(J)the form of the Lord.
So why were you not afraid
To speak against My servant, against Moses?”