1Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken, for he had taken a Cushite woman.2They said, "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us as well?" And the LORD heard it.3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man on the face of the earth.4Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting." So the three of them came out.5The LORD descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent. He called Aaron and Miriam, and the two of them came out.6He said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.7It is not so with my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.8With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"9The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he departed.10When the cloud moved away from above the tent, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.11Aaron said to Moses, "Please, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we have acted foolishly and have sinned.12Do not let her be like one who dies when he comes out of his mother's womb, so that half his flesh is consumed."13Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, please heal her."14The LORD said to Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be gathered back."15So Miriam was shut outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam was gathered back.16Afterward the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.