Numbers 12 - NKJV Bible Online

Numbers 12

Dissension of Aaron and Miriam

Then ^aMiriam and Aaron ¹spoke ^bagainst Moses because of the ²Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for ^che had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through ^aMoses? ^bHas He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord ^cheard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)
4 ^aSuddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out. 5 ^aThen the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. 6 Then He said,

“Hear now My words:

If there is a prophet among you,

I, the Lord, make Myself known to him ^ain a vision;

I speak to him ^bin a dream.

Not so with ^aMy servant Moses;

^bHe is faithful in all ^cMy house.

I speak with him ^aface to face,

Even ^bplainly,¹ and not in ²dark sayings;

And he sees ^cthe form of the Lord.

Why then ^dwere you not afraid

To speak against My servant Moses?”

9 So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. 10 And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, ^asuddenly Miriam became ^bleprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. 11 So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please ^ado not lay ¹this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. 12 Please ^ado not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Please ^aheal her, O God, I pray!”
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but ^aspit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be ^bshut¹ out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.” 15 ^aSo Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people moved from ^aHazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

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