Chapter 12
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Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.
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They said, "Has the LORD spoken only with Moses? Has he not also spoken with us?" And the LORD heard.
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And the man Moses was very meek, more than all the people who were on the face of the earth.
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And the LORD suddenly said to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam, "Go out, the three of you, to the tent of meeting." And the three of them went out.
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And the LORD descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting and called Aaron and Miriam, and the two of them went out.
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And he said, "Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, the LORD will make himself known to him in a vision; he will speak with him in a dream."
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My servant Moses is not like that; he is faithful in all my house.
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Mouth to mouth I speak with him, not in vision or riddle, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
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And the anger of the LORD burned against them, and he departed.
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And the cloud departed from upon the tent, and behold, Miriam was leprous like snow. And Aaron turned to Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
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And Aaron said to Moses, "Alas, my lord, please do not hold against us the sin that we committed in our foolishness."
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No, please do not let her be like a dead one who, when he comes out from his mother's womb, half his flesh is eaten away.
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And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please, God, please heal her."
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And the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, would she not be ashamed for seven days? She shall be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she shall be brought back."
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And Miriam was shut outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey until Miriam was brought back.
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Afterward the people journeyed from the courts and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.