Numbers 12:1-9

New Living Translation

The Complaints of Miriam and Aaron

12 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman. ²They said, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he spoken through us, too?” But the Lord heard them. ³(Now Moses was very humble—more humble than any other person on earth.)

⁴So immediately the Lord called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam and said, “Go out to the Tabernacle,^[a] all three of you!” So the three of them went to the Tabernacle. ⁵Then the Lord descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle.^[b] “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward. ⁶And the Lord said to them, “Now listen to what I say:

“If there were prophets among you,
    I, the Lord, would reveal myself in visions.
    I would speak to them in dreams.
⁷But not with my servant Moses.
    Of all my house, he is the one I trust.
⁸I speak to him face to face,
    clearly, and not in riddles!
    He sees the Lord as he is.
So why were you not afraid
    to criticize my servant Moses?”