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.) ⁴ And 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, ⁶ He said,

⁹ And the anger of the Lord burned against them and ^(K)He departed. ¹⁰ But when the cloud had withdrawn from above the tent, behold, ^(L)Miriam was leprous, as ^(M)white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous. ¹¹ Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, I beg you, ^(N)do not ^[c]hold us responsible for this sin by which we have turned out to be foolish, and by which we have sinned. ¹² Oh, do not let her be like a dead person, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb!” ¹³ So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “God, ^(O)heal her, please!” ¹⁴ But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only ^(P)spit in her face, would she not be put to shame for seven days? Have her shut ^(Q)outside the camp for seven days, and afterward she may be received again.” ¹⁵ So ^(R)Miriam was shut outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again.

¹⁶ Afterward, however, the people moved on from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

²³ By faith ^(A)Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the ^(B)king’s edict. ²⁴ By faith Moses, ^(C)when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to ^(D)endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin, ^26 (E)considering the ^[a]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the ^(F)reward. ²⁷ By faith he ^(G)left Egypt, not ^(H)fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as though ^(I)seeing Him who is unseen. ²⁸ By faith he ^[b](J)kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that ^(K)the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they ^(L)passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were ^[c]drowned.