| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. | 1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he had married an Ethiopian 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, "Has the LORD only spoken through Moses? Has he not also spoken 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. | 3(Now the man Moses was very humble, 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, | 4The LORD spoke immediately to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: "The three of you come to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went. |
| 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, | 5And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both 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. | 6The LORD said, "Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream. |
| 7But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. | 7My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. |
| 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?” | 8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" |
| 9So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed. | 9The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he departed. |
| 10As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, | 10When the cloud departed from above the tent, Miriam became leprous as snow. Then Aaron looked at Miriam, and she was leprous! |
| 11and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. | 11So Aaron said to Moses, "O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned! |
| 12Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” | 12Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother's womb!" |
| 13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!” | 13Then Moses cried to the LORD, "Heal her now, O God." |
| 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 said to Moses, "If her father had only spit in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again." |
| 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 shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey 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 moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran. |
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