⁴ At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out. ⁵ Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;^(A) he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, ⁶ he said, “Listen to my words:

⁹ The anger of the Lord burned against them,^(J) and he left them.^(K)

¹⁰ When the cloud lifted from above the tent,^(L) Miriam’s skin was leprous^[a]—it became as white as snow.^(M) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,^{(N) 11} and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.^{(O) 12} Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

¹³ So Moses cried out to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!^(P)”

¹⁴ The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face,^(Q) would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp^(R) for seven days; after that she can be brought back.” ¹⁵ So Miriam was confined outside the camp^(S) for seven days,^(T) and the people did not move on till she was brought back.

¹⁶ After that, the people left Hazeroth^(U) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.^(V)

³⁴ Jesus said, “Father,^(A) forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”^[a](B) And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^(C)

²⁵ Therefore he is able to save^(A) completely^[a] those who come to God^(B) through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.^(C)