Numbers 11:30-12:16

English Standard Version

³⁰ And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Quail and a Plague

³¹ Then a ^(A)wind from the Lord sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits^[a] above the ground. ³² And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten ^(B)homers.^[b] And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. ^33 (C)While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and ^(D)the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague. ³⁴ Therefore the name of that place was called ^(E)Kibroth-hattaavah,^[c] because there they buried the people who had the craving. ^35 (F)From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to ^(G)Hazeroth, and they remained at ^(H)Hazeroth.

Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

12 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. ² And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? ^(I)Has he not spoken through us also?” And ^(J)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 ^(K)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 ^(L)in a vision; I speak with him ^(M)in a dream. ⁷ Not so with ^(N)my servant Moses. ^(O)He is faithful in all my house. ⁸ With him I speak ^(P)mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in ^(Q)riddles, and he beholds ^(R)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, ^(S)Miriam was ^(T)leprous,^[d] like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. ¹¹ And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, ^(U)do not punish us^[e] because we have done foolishly and have sinned. ¹² Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb.” ¹³ And Moses cried to the Lord, “O God, please heal her—please.” ¹⁴ But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but ^(V)spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be ^(W)shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.” ¹⁵ So Miriam ^(X)was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again. ¹⁶ After that the people set out from ^(Y)Hazeroth, and camped in ^(Z)the wilderness of Paran.