| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. | 1Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman). |
| 2“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this. | 2They said, "Does the LORD speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?" And the LORD heard it. |
| 3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. | 3Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. |
| 4And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out, | 4Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went out. |
| 5and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward, | 5Then the LORD descended in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them came forward, |
| 6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. | 6He said:" Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the LORD, I make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. |
| 7But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. | 7Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household. |
| 8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?” | 8I speak with him directly, openly, and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?" |
| 9So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed. | 9The LORD's anger burned against them, and He left. |
| 10As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, | 10As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam's skin suddenly became diseased, as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward her, he saw that she was diseased |
| 11and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. | 11and said to Moses, "My lord, please don't hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. |
| 12Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” | 12Please don't let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb." |
| 13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!” | 13Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "God, please heal her!" |
| 14But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.” | 14The LORD answered Moses, "If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn't she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in." |
| 15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again. | 15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought back in. |
| 16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. | 16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. |
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