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Numbers 12
New King James Version
Numbers 12
New King James Version
Dissension of Aaron and Miriam
12 Then (A)Miriam and Aaron [a]spoke (B)against Moses because of the [b]Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for (C)he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through (D)Moses? (E)Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord (F)heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)
4 (G)Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out. 5 (H)Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. 6 Then He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, make Myself known to him (I)in a vision;
I speak to him (J)in a dream.
7 Not so with (K)My servant Moses;
(L)He is faithful in all (M)My house.
8 I speak with him (N)face to face,
Even (O)plainly,[c] and not in [d]dark sayings;
And he sees (P)the form of the Lord.
Why then (Q)were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?”
9 So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. 10 And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, (R)suddenly Miriam became (S)leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. 11 So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please (T)do not lay [e]this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. 12 Please (U)do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Please (V)heal her, O God, I pray!”
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but (W)spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be (X)shut[f] out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.” 15 (Y)So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people moved from (Z)Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:1 criticized
- Numbers 12:1 Cushite
- Numbers 12:8 appearing
- Numbers 12:8 riddles
- Numbers 12:11 the penalty for this
- Numbers 12:14 exiled
4 Moseboken 12
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
4 Moseboken 12
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Mirjam och Aron kritiserar Mose
12 Då började Mirjam och Aron att kritisera Mose därför att han tagit en kushitisk kvinna till hustru. 2 De sa: ”Är det bara genom Mose som Herren har talat? Har han inte talat genom oss också?”
Herren hörde det. 3 Mose var den mest ödmjuka människa som fanns på jorden. 4 Herren sa genast till Mose, Aron och Mirjam: ”Gå ut alla tre till uppenbarelsetältet!” Då gick de tre dit. 5 Herren steg ner till dem i en molnpelare och ställde sig vid ingången till tältet. Han kallade på Aron och Mirjam. De steg då fram 6 och han sa:
”Hör nu mina ord!
Om det finns en profet bland er
uppenbarar jag mig själv för honom
genom syner och drömmar.
7 Men inte så med min tjänare Mose.
Han har förtroende här i mitt hus
8 och med honom talar jag ansikte mot ansikte
i klartext och inte i gåtor.
Han får se Herrens gestalt.
Hur vågar ni då kritisera min tjänare Mose?”
9 Herrens vrede brann mot dem och han lämnade dem. 10 När molnet flyttade sig från tältet, var Mirjam alldeles snövit av spetälska. Aron vände sig mot henne och fick se hennes spetälska. 11 Då sa Aron till Mose: ”O, min herre, straffa oss inte för den synd vi begått! Vi har handlat dåraktigt. 12 Låt henne inte bli som ett dödfött foster som kommer halvruttet ur moderlivet!”
13 ”Gud, jag ber dig, gör henne frisk igen!” ropade då Mose till Herren. 14 Och Herren sa till Mose: ”Om hennes far hade spottat henne i ansiktet, skulle hon ju ha fått bära sin skam i sju dagar. Låt henne nu hålla sig utanför lägret i sju dagar och sedan kan hon få komma tillbaka.”
15 Mirjam blev alltså utestängd från lägret i sju dagar. Folket väntade med att gå vidare tills hon kom tillbaka.
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.
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