The anger of the Lord burned against them,(A) and he left them.(B)

10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(C) Miriam’s skin was leprous[a]—it became as white as snow.(D) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(E) 11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(F) 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

So the anger of Yahweh burned against them, and (A)He went away. 10 But the cloud withdrew from over the tent, and behold, (B)Miriam was leprous, as (C)white as snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, I beg you, (D)do not place this sin on us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned. 12 Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother’s womb!”

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