Numbers 12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 Now Miriam and Aaron talked against Moses [their brother] because of his [a]Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite woman.
2 And they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
3 Now the man Moses was very meek (gentle, kind, and humble) or above all the men on the face of the earth.
4 Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting. And the three of them came out.
5 The Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the Tent door and called Aaron and Miriam, and they came forward.
6 And He said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make Myself known to him in a vision and speak to him in a dream.
7 But not so with My servant Moses; he is entrusted and faithful in all My house.(A)
8 With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly], clearly and not in dark speeches; and he beholds 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 And when the cloud departed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous!
11 And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, I plead with you, lay not the sin upon us in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, already half decomposed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.
13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech You!
14 And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and after that let her be brought in again.
15 So Miriam was shut up without the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought in again.
16 Afterward [they] removed from Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:1 Zipporah, Moses’ wife, seems to have died some time before. Marriage with a Canaanite was forbidden, but not with an Egyptian or Cushite. Joseph’s wife was an Egyptian (Gen. 41:45).
Numeri 12
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Maria e Aronne contro Mosè
12 Maria e Aronne parlarono contro Mosè a causa della donna etiope che aveva sposata; infatti aveva sposato una Etiope. 2 Dissero: «Il Signore ha forse parlato soltanto per mezzo di Mosè? Non ha parlato anche per mezzo nostro?». Il Signore udì. 3 Ora Mosè era molto più mansueto di ogni uomo che è sulla terra.
Risposta divina
4 Il Signore disse subito a Mosè, ad Aronne e a Maria: «Uscite tutti e tre e andate alla tenda del convegno». Uscirono tutti e tre. 5 Il Signore allora scese in una colonna di nube, si fermò all'ingresso della tenda e chiamò Aronne e Maria. I due si fecero avanti. 6 Il Signore disse:
«Ascoltate le mie parole!
Se ci sarà un vostro profeta, io, il Signore,
in visione a lui mi rivelerò,
in sogno parlerò con lui.
7 Non così per il mio servo Mosè:
egli è l'uomo di fiducia in tutta la mia casa.
8 Bocca a bocca parlo con lui,
in visione e non con enigmi
ed egli guarda l'immagine del Signore.
Perchè non avete temuto
di parlare contro il mio servo Mosè?».
9 L'ira del Signore si accese contro di loro ed Egli se ne andò; 10 la nuvola si ritirò di sopra alla tenda ed ecco Maria era lebbrosa, bianca come neve; Aronne guardò Maria ed ecco era lebbrosa.
Intercessione di Aronne e di Mosè
11 Aronne disse a Mosè: «Signor mio, non addossarci la pena del peccato che abbiamo stoltamente commesso, 12 essa non sia come il bambino nato morto, la cui carne è gia mezzo consumata quando esce dal seno della madre». 13 Mosè gridò al Signore: «Guariscila, Dio!». 14 Il Signore rispose a Mosè: «Se suo padre le avesse sputato in viso, non ne porterebbe essa vergogna per sette giorni? Stia dunque isolata fuori dell'accampamento sette giorni; poi vi sarà di nuovo ammessa». 15 Maria dunque rimase isolata, fuori dell'accampamento sette giorni; il popolo non riprese il cammino, finché Maria non fu riammessa nell'accampamento. 16 Poi il popolo partì da Caserot e si accampò nel deserto di Paran.
Numbers 12
King James Version
12 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
4 And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
5 And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, 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 the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed.
10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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