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Numbers 12
New International Version
Numbers 12
New International Version
Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
12 Miriam(A) and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife,(B) for he had married a Cushite. 2 “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”(C) And the Lord heard this.(D)
3 (Now Moses was a very humble man,(E) 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;(F) 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(G) myself to them in visions,(H)
I speak to them in dreams.(I)
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;(J)
he is faithful in all my house.(K)
8 With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;(L)
he sees the form of the Lord.(M)
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”(N)
9 The anger of the Lord burned against them,(O) and he left them.(P)
10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(Q) Miriam’s skin was leprous[a]—it became as white as snow.(R) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(S) 11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(T) 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!(U)”
14 The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face,(V) would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp(W) for seven days; after that she can be brought back.” 15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp(X) for seven days,(Y) and the people did not move on till she was brought back.
16 After that, the people left Hazeroth(Z) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.(AA)
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
Numbers 12
Darby Translation
Numbers 12
Darby Translation
12 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.
2 And they said, Has Jehovah indeed spoken only to Moses? has he not spoken also to us? And Jehovah heard it.
3 But the man Moses was very meek, above all men that were upon the face of the earth.
4 Then Jehovah spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they went out, they three.
5 And Jehovah came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent, 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 Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak to him in a dream.
7 Not so my servant Moses: he is faithful in all my house.
8 Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
9 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them, and he went away;
10 and the cloud departed from off the tent. And behold, Miriam was leprous as snow; and Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
11 Then Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not this sin upon us, wherein we have been foolish, and have sinned!
12 Let her not be as one stillborn, half of whose flesh is consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
13 And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, O God, heal her, I beseech thee!
14 And Jehovah said to Moses, But had her father anyways spat in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? She shall be shut outside the camp seven days, and afterwards she shall be received in [again].
15 And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in [again].
16 And afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
Números 12
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Números 12
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Murmuraciones contra Moisés
12 Moisés tomó por mujer a una cusita, y por causa de ella María y Aarón murmuraron en contra de Moisés. 2 Dijeron:
«¿Acaso el Señor ha hablado sólo por medio de Moisés? ¿Acaso no ha hablado también por medio de nosotros?»
Y el Señor lo oyó.
3 Moisés era un hombre muy humilde. En toda la tierra no había nadie más humilde que él. 4 El Señor llamó a Moisés, Aarón y María, y a los tres les ordenó ir al tabernáculo de reunión. 5 Allí el Señor descendió en la columna de nube, se detuvo a la entrada del tabernáculo, y llamó a Aarón y a María. Los dos acudieron, 6 y el Señor les dijo:
«Escúchenme bien. Cuando haya entre ustedes profeta del Señor, yo me apareceré a él en una visión, y le hablaré en sueños. 7 Pero con mi siervo Moisés, que es fiel en toda mi casa, no lo hago así,(A) 8 sino que con él hablo cara a cara, claramente y sin misterios. Él puede ver mi apariencia. ¿Por qué se atreven a hablar mal de mi siervo Moisés?»
9 Entonces el Señor se encendió en ira contra ellos, y se fue de allí. 10 Y cuando la nube se apartó del tabernáculo, sucedió que María estaba tan blanca de lepra como la nieve. Al ver Aarón que María estaba leprosa, 11 le dijo a Moisés:
«¡Ay, señor mío! ¡No hagas caer sobre nosotros este pecado! ¡Lo que hemos hecho es una locura! ¡Hemos pecado! 12 ¡Pero no permitas que ella se quede ahora como los abortivos, que al nacer tienen ya medio consumida su carne!»
13 Entonces Moisés clamó al Señor, y le dijo:
«Dios mío, ¡te ruego que la sanes!»
14 Y el Señor le respondió:
«Si su padre le hubiera escupido el rostro, ¿acaso no se quedaría avergonzada durante siete días? ¡Pues déjenla siete días(B) fuera del campamento, y después de eso podrá volver a la congregación!»
15 Y así María fue expulsada del campamento durante siete días, y el pueblo no siguió su marcha hasta que ella se reunió con ellos. 16 Después de eso, el pueblo partió de Jaserot para acampar en el desierto de Parán.
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