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Numbers 12
International Standard Version
Numbers 12
International Standard Version
Aaron and Miriam Rebel
12 Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses on account of the Cushite woman that he had married. 2 They asked, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”
But the Lord heard it.
3 Now the man Moses was very humble—more than any person on earth. 4 All of a sudden, the Lord told Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “The three of you are to come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three of them went out. 5 Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. So both of them went forward.
6 Then he told the two of them: “Pay attention to what I have to say! When there is a prophet among you, won’t I, the Lord, reveal myself to him in a vision? Won’t I speak with him in a dream? 7 But that’s not how it is with my servant Moses, since he has been entrusted with my entire household! 8 I speak to him audibly[a] and in visions, not in mysteries.[b] If he can gaze at the image of the Lord, why aren’t you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” 9 Because the Lord was very angry with them, he left, 10 but when the cloud ascended from the tent, Miriam had become leprous, as white as snow! Aaron turned toward Miriam, and she had leprosy!
11 Aaron begged Moses, “I pray my lord, please don’t hold this sin against us, since we’ve acted foolishly and sinned in doing so. 12 Please don’t let her be like one of the living dead, who is born with a congenital skin disease.”[c]
13 So Moses prayed to the Lord: “O Lord, please heal her.”
14 But the Lord told Moses, “If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn’t she be humiliated? She is to be placed in isolation for seven days. After that, she may be brought in.” 15 So Miriam was isolated outside the camp for seven days and the people didn’t travel until Miriam was brought in. 16 After that, the people traveled from Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:8 Lit. mouth to mouth
- Numbers 12:8 Lit. dark speeches
- Numbers 12:12 Lit. with half his skin consumed
Números 12
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Números 12
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Quejas de Miriam y de Aarón
12 Moisés había tomado por esposa a una mujer cusita, así que Miriam y Aarón empezaron a murmurar contra él por causa de ella. 2 Decían: «¿Acaso solo por medio de Moisés ha hablado el Señor? ¿No ha hablado también por medio de nosotros?». Y el Señor oyó sus murmuraciones.
3 Moisés era muy humilde, más humilde que cualquier otro sobre la tierra.
4 De pronto, el Señor dijo a Moisés, Aarón y a Miriam: «Salgan los tres de la Tienda de reunión». Y los tres salieron. 5 Entonces el Señor descendió en una columna de nube y se detuvo a la entrada de la Tienda. Llamó a Aarón y a Miriam y, cuando ambos se acercaron, 6 el Señor dijo: «Escuchen lo que voy a decirles:
»Cuando un profeta del Señor se levanta entre ustedes,
yo le hablo en visiones
y me revelo a él en sueños.
7 Pero esto no ocurre así con mi siervo Moisés,
porque en toda mi casa él es de mi confianza.
8 Con él hablo cara a cara,
claramente y sin enigmas.
Él contempla la imagen del Señor.
¿Cómo no tienen miedo de murmurar
contra mi siervo Moisés?».
9 Entonces la ira del Señor se encendió contra ellos y el Señor se marchó.
10 Tan pronto como la nube se apartó de la Tienda, a Miriam se le puso la piel blanca como la nieve. Cuando Aarón se volvió hacia ella, vio que tenía una enfermedad infecciosa. 11 Entonces dijo a Moisés: «Te suplico, mi señor, que no nos tomes en cuenta este pecado que hemos cometido tan neciamente. 12 No la dejes como un abortivo, que sale del vientre de su madre con el cuerpo medio deshecho».
Moisés intercede por Miriam
13 Moisés rogó al Señor: «¡Oh Dios, te ruego que la sanes!».
14 El Señor respondió a Moisés: «Si su padre le hubiera escupido el rostro, ¿no habría durado su humillación siete días? Que sea aislada por siete días fuera del campamento y después de eso será readmitida».
15 Así que Miriam quedó aislada siete días fuera del campamento. El pueblo no se puso en marcha hasta que ella se reintegró.
16 Después el pueblo partió de Jazerot y acampó en el desierto de Parán.
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
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